七宝中学2020学年第一学期高一年级期中英语试卷

七宝中学2020学年第一学期高一年级期中英语试卷I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. A host. B. A cameraman. C. A reporter. D. An actor.2. A. 50 Euros. B. 150 Euros. C. 40 Euros. D. 400 Euros.3. A. He doesn’t have a ticket. B. The lecture is not open to the public.C. He is not interested in the topic.D. All the tickets have been sold out.4. A. The woman doesn’t like the man’s glasses.B. The manager doesn’t like young employees.C. The woman has the same preference as the manager.D. The manager somewhat judges a person by appearance.5. A. In a taxi. B. At the airport.C. On a plane.D. At the bus station.6. A. Jack is responsible for the loss of the photos.B. We should not trust everything on the Internet.C. Jack is not alone in relying on digital information.D. The digital age means greater risks for everyone.7. A. Stand to keep the phone from falling over.B. Wear sunglasses while watching a movie.C. Not watch movies on his phone.D. Use sunglasses to keep the phone steady.8. A. There is a no fishing sign. B. The man caught many small fish.C. The woman is angry with the man.D. The man had to pay to fish there.9. A. Seeing a doctor. B. Rescheduling the lesson.C. Staying at home.D. Making another appointment.10. A. She is satisfied with her new hairstyle.B. She is suffering from a serious hair loss.C. She found her new image unbelievably nice.D. Her hairstylist didn’t understand her requirement.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. A plane to Moscow crashed. B. A lorry came straight at him.C. A car exploded 100 metres below.D. A train fell into an icy river.12. A. He landed in a haystack (干草垛).B. He jumped out and landed in a tree.C. He wore the safety belt and didn’t fall out.D. He crawled out of the car before it exploded.13. A. He was unwilling to take any risk.B. He was busy preparing for his wedding.C. He was worried about his great fortune.D. He didn’t want others to know he had won a lottery.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. To warn people of the danger of a “smart-phone zombie (僵尸)”.B. To stop people from watching their phone screens on the road.C. To make the city the safest for tourists to visit.D. To make sure people obey proper traffic rules.15. A. $35. B. $75. C. $110. D. $100.16. A. Make a phone call. B. Check text messages.C. Send an emergency mail.D. Make an online purchase.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Meeting their old friends. B. Shopping for a gift.C. Choosing a dress for Mum.D. Doing some window-shopping.18. A. A sportsman. B. An actor. C. A model. D. A new friend.19. A. She should go up and say hi. B. She should ask Jessica to sign her name.C. She should make friends with Jessica.D. She should leave Jessica alone.20. A. Excited. B. Disappointed. C. Bored. D. Unwilling.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.(A)I boarded a small plane together with my sister and 42 other passengers. While flying over the mountains, the plane (21) __________ (encounter) violent airflow. Losing control suddenly, it hit an unknown mountain peak. The impact of the crash claimed the lives of a few passengers immediately, leaving many injured including my sister.Adding a slight chance of being found out, we waited in the open, as opposed to waiting in the plane, (22) __________ __________ it was freezing cold. At night, we slept side by side to keep ourselves warm and melted snow into water. We knew our food couldn’t last us long, sticking to the hope that we (23) __________ (rescue) soon.We knew from radio that the outside world (24) __________ (try) to look for the missing aircraft. However, the aircraft was white and blended in with the snow, making it impossible to be seen from the sky. Later, our hope was dead when we found out via our radio that the rescue effortended.Now climbing over the mountains ourselves to search for help seemed to be our only chance of survival. (25) __________ the crash site was an awful place, with urine (尿) everywhere and smelling of death, I still wished to stay there. But my sister would give in to her injuries soon (26) __________ we were not rescued. Thus, together with two other people, Canessa and Vizintin, I decided to walk through the icy wilderness for help. Carrying some food and water, the three climbers started our journey. If we had known anything about climbing, we would have realized that we were already finished. The mountain we were about to challenge was one with slopes so steep (27) __________ it would scare away a team of expert climbers. Our ignorance provided our only chance.We endured exhaustion and starvation and we had reached the top.To our horror, we found nothing. Disappointed, we were about to give up hope (28) __________ I spotted a valley at the base of the mountain and again we started making our way down the mountain.Eventually, at the bottom of the mountain we were helped by a local farmer who called the police for help. I then (29) __________ (guide) the rescue team via a helicopter to the crash site. Finally, after we had endured nineteen cruel days, the world found out that there were 16 survivors who (30) __________ (cheat) death despite the odds (困难).(B)Dear Cutie-Pie,Recently, your mother and I were searching for an answer on Google. Halfway through entering the question, Google returned a list of (31) __________ (popular) searches in the world. At the top of the list was “How to keep him interested.”It surprised me a lot. I scanned several of the countless articles about how to be sexy and sexual, when to bring him a beer versus a sandwich, and the ways (32) __________ a girl can make him feel smart and superior.And I got angry.Little One, it is not, has never been, and never (33) __________ (be) your job to “keep him interested.”Little One, your only task is to know deeply in your soul — in that unshakeable place that isn’t upset by rejection and loss — that you are worthy of interest.(34) __________ you can trust your worth in this way, you will be attractive in the most important sense of the world: you will attract a boy who is both capable of interest and who wants to spend his one life (35) __________ (invest) all of his interest in you.Little One, I want to tell you about the boy who doesn’t need to be kept interested, (36) __________ he knows you are interesting.I don’t care if he can’t play a bit of golf with me — as long as he can play with the children you give him and revel in (陶醉于) all the glorious and frustrating ways they are just like you. I don’t care if he doesn’t follow his wallet — as long as he (37) __________ (follow) his heart and it always leads him back to you. I don’t care if he is strong — as long as he gives you the space to exercise the strength that is in your heart. I couldn’t care (38) __________ (little) how he votes — as long as he wakes up every morning and daily elects you to a place of honor in your home and a place of respect in his heart. I don’t care about the color of his skin. I don’t care if he (39)__________ (raise) in this religion or that religion or no religion.Little One, if you come across a man like that and he and I have (40) __________ else in common, we will have the most important thing in common: You.Because in the end, Little One, the only thing you should have to do to “keep him interested” is to be you.Your eternally interested guy,DaddySection BDirections: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.In ancient times, our ancestors relied on stars to guide them on a clear night. Today, we have navigational systems to help us find our way, with the latest being the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS).The BDS is entirely built by Chinese engineers. With the (41) __________ of the last satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center on June 23, the global network of 59 satellites has been completed. On July 31, Beidou started providing full-scale global services. It’s difficult to imagine the great (42) __________ those satellites, orbiting (围绕……运转) the Earth, have on our daily lives.When you unlock one of Hellobike’s bicycles, you are using the BDS. The popular bike-sharing company came out with two new bike models this year that are (43) __________ with the positioning service. “The intelligent lock on each bike receives Beidou satellite (44) __________ and sends positioning information to the data center, which will help collect big data on the bikes and estimate users’ riding (45) __________ in advance according to the data,” Chu Yiqun, a manager of Hellobike told Xinhua News Agency. Users can also find shared bikes more accurately thanks to Beidou’s global positioning accuracy of 2.34 meters.However, the BDS doesn’t just work one way. As the country’s largest space-based system and one of four global navigation networks, along with the United States’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo, Beidou (46) __________ a unique two-way communication system, including its ability to receive messages sent by people from areas with poor communication signals. Obviously, this exclusive function isn’t designed for users to chat online. Instead, it plays a role when disasters occur and communications are blocked.After the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, all ground-based communication (47) __________ were interrupted. Though the first generation of Beidou could only send 120 characters in a single message at that time, communication between (48) __________ areas and rescue centers was successful. Now, Beidou’s messaging capacity has been increased to 1,200 Chinese characters in a single message. It is widely used in disaster (49) __________, automatic identification and information release.As Sun Jiadong, former chief designer of the BDS said: “The application of Beidou is only (50) __________ by imagination.”emergence as a dark attraction. Dr. Philip Stone, perhaps the world’s leading academic expert on dark tourism, considers the Roman Coliseum to be one of the first dark tourist sites, where people travelled long distances to watch death as sport. Later, until the late 18th century, the (51) __________ was crueler still in central London, where people paid money to sit in grandstands to watch mass hangings. Dealers would sell pies at the site, which was roughly where Marble Arch stands today.It was only in 1996 that ‘dark tourism’ entered the (52) __________ vocabulary when two academics in Glasgow applied it while looking at sites associated with the murder of John F. Kennedy. Those who study dark tourism identify plenty of reasons for the growing phenomenon, including (53) __________ awareness of it as an identifiable thing. (54) __________ to sites has also improved with the arrival of cheap air travel. It’s hard to imagine that the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum would now welcome more than two million visitors a year were it not for its nearness to Krakow’s international airport. Peter Hohenhaus, a widely travelled dark tourist (55) __________ in Vienna, also points to the broader rise in off-the-beaten-track tourism, beyond the territory of popular guidebooks and TripAdvisor rankings. “A lot of people don’t want (56) __________ tourism and that often means engaging with places that have a more recent history than, say, a Roman ruin,” he says. “You go to Sarajevo (萨拉热窝) and most people remember the war being in the news so it feels closer to one’s own (57) __________.”Hohenhaus is also a fan of ‘beauty in decay’, the contemporary cultural movement in which urban (58) __________ have become subject matter for expensive coffee-table books and a thousand Instagram accounts. The crossover(糅合) with death is clear. “I’ve always been (59) __________ to ruined things,” the 54-year-old says. But while, like any tourism, dark tourism at its best is educational, the example of Grenfell Tower (a London tower block, destroyed by a fire in 2017 with 71 deaths) hints at the unease felt at some sites. “I remember the Lonely Planet Bluelist book had a chapter about dark tourism a while ago and one of the rules was ‘don’t go back too early’,” Hohenhaus says. “I’ll be interested to see Grenfell Tower up close. I can see the (60) __________. But I would not stand in the street taking a selfie merrily.”III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.(A)Next week, as millions of families gather for their Thanksgiving feasts (大餐), many other Americans will go without. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, more than 12 million households ___61___ enough food for everyone in their family at some time during the year —including ___62___.Hunger is surprisingly widespread in our country —one of the world’s wealthiest —yet thegovernment estimates that we waste almost 100 billion pounds of food each year, more than one-quarter of our total supply.Reducing this improper distribution of ___63___ is a goal of America’s Second Harvest, the nation’s largest domestic hunger-relief organization. Last year, it ___64___ nearly 2 billion pounds of food to more than 23 million people in need.America’s Second Harvest is a network of 214 inter-connected food banks and other organizations that ___65___ food from growers, processors, grocery stores and restaurants. ___66___, the network distributes food to some 50,000 soup kitchens (施食处), homeless ___67___ and old people’s centers in every county of every state.A great deal of work is involved in distributing tons of food from thousands of ___68___ to thousands of small, non-profit organizations. Until a few years ago, America’s Second Harvest lacked any ___69___ way to manage their inventory(存货). Without accurate and timely information, soup kitchens were sometimes empty while food was left to ___70___ in loading places.In 2000, America’s Second Harvest began to use a new inventory and financial-management system —Ceres. It is ___71___ designed specifically for hunger-relief operations. It is used by more than 100 America’s Second Harvest organizations to ___72___ food from donation to distribution.Ceres has helped ___73___ the spoiling of food and improve distribution. An evaluation found that the software streamlined (精简) food banks’ operations by 23 percent in the first year alone.With more accurate and timely reports, Ceres saves time, frees staff members to focus on finding new donors, and ___74___ more efficient use of donations.Hunger in America remains a(n) ___75___ social problem. Technology alone cannot solve it. But in the hands of organizations such as America’s Second Harvest, it is a powerful tool that is helping to make a difference —and helping more Americans to join in the feast.61. A. serve B. lack C. reserve D. order62. A. workdays B. birthdays C. holidays D. paydays63. A. resources B. incomes C. missions D. services64. A. exposed B. introduced C. distributed D. addicted65. A. harvest B. prepare C. recommend D. gather66. A. For example B. In contrast C. Above all D. In turn67. A. backyards B. shelters C. garages D. cabins68. A. donors B. survivors C. farmers D. victims69. A. innovative B. impressive C. effective D. productive70. A. grow B. recycle C. spoil D. stir71. A. theory B. action C. remedy D. software72. A. advertise B. relieve C. track D. migrate73. A. produce B. reduce C. shift D. simplify74. A. promises B. ceases C. admits D. locates75. A. troubling B. demanding C. touching D. imposing(B)Speed-reading is a crucial skill in the Internet age. We skim over articles, e-mails and tweets to try to ___76___key words and the essential meaning of a certain text. ___77___with information from our electronic devices, it would be impossible to cope if we read word by word, line by line.But a new trend calls on people to ___78___ and enjoy reading slowly, using the linear (线性的) pattern, left-to-right sequence.A recent story from The Wall Street Journal reported on a book club in Wellington, New Zealand, where members meet in a cafe and turn off their smartphones. They ___79___ comfortable chairs and read in silence for an hour.Unlike traditional book clubs, the ___80___ of the Slow Reading Club isn’t exchanging ideas about a certain book, but to get away from electronic devices and read in a quiet, ___81___ environment. According to the Journal, the Wellington Book Club is just one example of a movement ___82___ by book lovers who miss the old-fashioned way of reading before the Internet and smartphones.Slow readers, such as The Atlantic’s Maura Kelly, say a regular reading habit sharpens the mind, improves concentration, ___83___ stress levels and deepens the ability to empathize (有同感).Some of these benefits have been backed up by science. ___84___, a study of 300 elderly people published by the journal Neurology last year showed that regular engagement in ___85___ activities like reading slowed the rate of memory loss later in life.Another study published last year in Science showed that reading novels helps people understand others’ mental states and beliefs, a crucial skill in building ___86___.Slow reading means a(n) ___87___ to an uninterrupted, linear pattern, in a quiet environment free of ___88___. Aim for 30 minutes a day, advises Kelly from The Atlantic. “You can squeeze in that half hour pretty easily if only during your free moments —whenever you find yourself ___89___ firing up your laptop to check your favorite site, or scanning Twitter for something to pass the time —you pick up a meaningful work of literature,” Kelly said. “___90___ your e-reader, if you like. Kindles make books like War and Peace less heavy, and also ensure you’ll never lose your place in the book.”76. A. highlight B. grasp C. determine D. underline77. A. Flooded B. Armed C. Obsessed D. Impressed78. A. unlock B. uncover C. unplug D. unpack79. A. straighten in B. rise from C. shift in D. sink into80. A. point B. cause C. impact D. duty81. A. protected B. interactive C. relaxed D. addictive82. A. defined B. urged C. initiated D. performed83. A. increases B. maintains C. evaluates D. reduces84. A. In brief B. For example C. Above all D. By contrast85. A. recreational B. professional C. intellectual D. educational86. A. confidence B. endurance C. awareness D. relationship87. A. return B. answer C. end D. barrier88. A. misunderstandings B. sufferings C. obstacles D. distractions89. A. purposely B. automatically C. occasionally D. leisurely90. A. Cope with B. Reach for C. Believe in D. Stick toSection BDirections:Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Once there was a circle that was missing a piece. A large triangular wedge (三角形楔子) had been cut out of it. The circle wanted to be whole with nothing missing, so it went around looking for its missing piece. But because it was incomplete, it could roll only very slowly. As it rolled slowly, it admired the flowers along the way. It chatted with worms. It enjoyed the sunshine. It found lots of different pieces, but none of them fit. So it left them all by the side of the road and kept on searching. Then one day the circle found a piece that fit perfectly. It was so happy. Now it could be whole, with nothing missing. It took the missing piece into itself and began to roll. Now that it was a perfect circle, it could roll very fast, too fast to notice the flowers or talk to the worms. When it realized how different the world seemed when it rolled so quickly, it stopped, left its found piece by the side of the road and rolled slowly away.The lesson of the story was that in some strange sense we are more whole when we are missing something. The man who has everything is in some ways a poor man. He will never know what it feels like to yearn (渴望), to hope, to nourish (滋养) his soul with the dream of something better. He will never know the experience of having someone who loves him give him something he has always wanted and never had. There is a wholeness about the person who has come to terms with his limitations, who has been brave enough to let go his unrealistic dreams and not feel like a failure for doing so. There is a wholeness about the man or woman who has learned that he or she is strong enough to go through a tragedy and survive, who can lose someone and still feel like a complete person.When we accept that imperfection is part of being human, and when we can continue rolling through life and appreciating it, we will have achieved a wholeness that others can only long for. That, I believe, is what God asks of us — not “Be perfect”, not “Don’t ever make a mistake”, but “Be whole”. And in the end, if we are brave enough to love, strong enough to forgive, generous enough to rejoice in another’s happiness, and wise enough to know there is enough love to go around for us all, then we can achieve a fulfillment that no other living creature will ever know.91.According to paragraph 1, the circle gives up the missing piece, because __________.A. it is not the perfect fit for the circleB. it is different from the circle’s wishC. it stops the circle from enjoying lifeD. it slows down the speed of the circle92.According to the author, why is the man who has everything in some ways a poor man?A. Because this man hasn’t found his missing piece.B. Because this man could no longer nourish his soul.C. Because this man never has someone who loves him.D. Because this man has nothing left for him to live for.93.The phrase “come to terms with” in paragraph 2 is probably closest in meaning to __________.A. abandonB. acceptC. adjustD. assess94.According to the passage, the wholeness of life is __________.A. an attitude to accept and live with the imperfect selvesB. a kind of care for all the people around as well as ourselvesC. the ability to avoid making any kind of mistake in our livesD. the appreciation of nature, like flowers, worms, sunshine(B)FIRE-FIGHTINGHow to fight a fireAnyone who uses fire-extinguishers should know a few basic facts about how to make them work. This leaflet will tell you the most important things to remember if you have to put a fire out. Water extinguishersYou can put most fires out with water extinguishers. However, you should not use water extinguishers if the fire involves electrical equipment or if it has been started by flammable (易燃的) liquids such as petrol.As in all fires, make sure that the wind is behind you — if you do this, the smoke will blow away from you. Point the jet of water at the bottom of the fire and move it slowly higher.Remember that you should only use extinguishers for small fires. If there is any danger of the fire spreading to anything that can explode, you should not try to put the fire out yourself. Instead, leave the building immediately, and call the fire brigade.Foam (泡沫) extinguishersYou can use a foam extinguisher for fire caused by burning liquids such as petrol. Never point the jet directly into the liquid itself, as this may make it splash and spread the fire. Instead, try and point the extinguisher up into the air so that the foam goes up and falls on top of the burning liquid.Whatever the kind of fire, do not stand up straight — if you can stay down, this will help you to avoid the smoke, and you may be able to get closer to the fire. Get out of the building at once if you think your escape route might be cut off by smoke or fire.Carbon Dioxide (CO2) extinguishersSome fire extinguishers are filled with a gas called carbon dioxide. You can use these to put out fires which have been caused either by electrical equipment or flammable liquids. If the fire has been caused by electrical equipment, switch the equipment off and point the extinguisher straight at the fire. If the fire has been caused by a liquid like petrol, point the extinguisher at the nearest edge of the fire, and move it from side to side.Remember, never stay in a building if it is dangerous to do so, or if the fire grows beyond your control. Make sure you are standing near an exit in case this happens.95.Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. You cannot put all fires out with water extinguishers.B. In case of fire, stay down to protect yourself from the smoke.C. If the fire might cause any further explosion, ask for professional help.D. Foam extinguishers are for fires caused by electrical equipment.96.What can be inferred from the passage?A. Inappropriate use of fire extinguishers might make things worse.B. You should stay in the building if your escape route is cut off.C. Standing close to an exit will absolutely guarantee your safety in a fire.D. Firefighting is a complicated job that can only be done by fire brigades.97.Who is the potential target reader of this passage?A. Fire fighters.B. The general public.C. College professors.D. Young children.(C)The death of languages is not a new phenomenon. Languages usually have a relatively short life span as well as a very high death rate. Only a few, including Egyptian, Chinese, Greek, Latin, have lasted more than 2,000 years.What is new, however, is the speed at which they are dying out. Europe’s colonial conquests caused a sharp decline in linguistic diversity, eliminating at least 15 percent of all languages spoken at the time. Over the last 300 years, Europe has lost a dozen, and Australia has only 20 left of the 250 spoken at the end of the 18th century.The rise of nation-states has also been decisive in selecting and consolidating national languages and sidelining others. By making great efforts to establish an official language in education, the media and the civil service, national governments have deliberately tried to eliminate minority languages.This process of linguistic standardization has been boosted by industrialization and scientific progress, which have imposed new methods of communication that are swift, straightforward and practical. Language diversity came to be seen as an obstacle to trade and the spread of knowledge. Monolingualism became an ideal.More recently, the internationalization of financial markets, the spread of information by electronic media and other aspects of globalization have intensified the threat to “small” languages.A language not on the Internet is a language that “no longer exists” in the modern world. It is out of the game.The serious effects of the death of languages are evident. First of all, it is possible that if we all ended up speaking the same language, our brains would lose some of their natural capacity for linguistic inventiveness. We would never be able to figure out the origins of human language or resolve the mystery of “the first language”. As each language dies, a chapter of human history closes.Multilingualism is the most accurate reflection of multiculturalism. The destruction of the first will inevitably lead to the loss of the second. Imposing a language without any links to a people’s culture and way of life stifles the expression of their collective genius. A language is not only used for the main instrument of human communication. It also expresses the world vision of those who speak it, their imagination and their ways of using knowledge. To safeguard languages is an urgent matter.98.Which of the following does not contribute to the death of languages?A. Colonial conquests of Europe.B. The boom of human population.C. Advances in science and industrialization.D. The rise of nation-states.。

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上海市七宝中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题(含解析)

上海市七宝中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题（含解析）Ⅱ. GrammarDirections: After reading the passage below, fill in he blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blanks with the proper form of the given word; for the blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.When I worked part-time in a local bookstore at my early age -- so easily - pictured, if you do not work in one, as a kind of paradise where not only ____1____ one read his own favorite books but also encounter charming young ladies (one of my personal fantasies) who browse eternally among Toni Morrison or Ernest Hemingwast thing that chiefly struck me was that really bookish people are a rarity, ____2____ there are vast numbers of those who consider themselves to be such. Often they will introduce themselves when they enter the bookshop ____3____ ‘book people’ and insist on telling you that ‘we love books’. They will wear T-shirts or carry bags with slogans explaining exactly how much they think they adore books. It is clear that the was they dress themselves is quite similar to that of us bookish people, but that is ____4____ the similarities between them and us begin and end. And____5____ (sure) means of identifying them is that they never, ever buy books.These days it is so rare that I find time to read that, when I do, it feels like indulgence, more so than any, other sensory experience. When an important relationship in my twenties ____6____ (break) up the only thing I could do was to read, and I amassed a pile of books ___7___ I sank and escaped from the world around me and inside me. The landscapes of Yu Hua, Wang Shou, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Harper Lee and others protected me from my own thoughts, which were pushed into the background, where ___8___ could silently process without bothering me. I created a physical wall on my desk, ____9____ (make) from the books, and as I read them the wall slowly came down until it was gone.In a more real sense, books are the best way in which one enriches his own life and the enormous numbers of them out there in the world excite me, especially whenI visit second-hand bookstores with no intention ____10____ (search) for a certain book. It is like casting a net and never knowing what you will find when you gather it in. As Goglo put in it in Dead Souls: “Once, long ago, in the years of my youth, in the years of my childhood, which have flashed irretrievably（不能挽回地）by, it was a joy for me to drive for the very first time to a place unknown.”【答案】1. can 2. although3. as4. where5. the surest6. broke7. into which8. they 9. made10. to search【解析】这是一篇记叙文。

2020年上海市七宝中学高三英语期中试题及答案解析

2020年上海市七宝中学高三英语期中试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AGetting your kid to bed at night is seriously one of the most challenging things you'll ever have to do. Most kids are just so full of energy that they'll tire you out before they're halfway through their store of energy. An easy thing to calm down your child to get into bed is giving in and allowing some iPad screen time. However, it's really not a great idea, just like you thought.Researchers at theArizonaStateUniversityconducted a study with 547 kids between the ages of 7 to 9. Their parents tracked how much screen time the kids were allowed along with their sleep patterns. The study found that kids who did not engage in screen time before bed slept for 23 more minutes every week and also went to sleep about 34 minutes earlier than those playing with iPad. Although that might not seem like so much more time, quality of sleep is vastly important in Children's development.The CDC's (美国疾病控制中心)2018 National Youth Risk Survey outlines that good quality sleep can impact a child's life in many ways, including affecting grades and also weight gain. Students with an "A" average slept for 30 or more minutes per night than those with a "D" or"F" average.A 2018PennsylvaniaStateUniversitystudy showed that children with irregular bedtimes had a higher risk of having increased body weight. Those with consistent and age-appropriate bedtimes when they were 9 years old had a healthier BMI (体质指数)at age 15 than those with irregular bedtimes.Hard as it is, it's really important not to give in and hand over an iPad to your child who is about to go to bed. Just like it's important for adults to go to sleep without any distractions, it's even more important for kids.1. What do the findings of the researchers at theArizonaStateUniversitysuggest?A. More sleep is necessary for children's development.B. Enough sleep helps improve academic performances.C. Screen time before bed leads to later and less sleep.D. Children sleeping irregularly are easy to gain weight.2. What is the text mainly about?A. How is screen time affecting teenagers?B. What are negative effects of irregular bedtimes?C. When should you get your kid to bed at night?D. Why is screen time before bed a bad idea for kids?3. Who is the text intended for?A. Parents.B. Children.C. Teachers.D. Researchers.BDid you know people who live in different parts ofChinahave different habits and preferences? For example, people from southernChinaprefer to eat vegetables, while people from northChinalike to eat meat. According to a new study in a journal, gene variations (变异) might be responsible for these differences. Researchers fromChina’s BGI collected genetic information from 141,431 Chinese women, who came from 31 provinces and consisted of 36 ethnic minority groups.They found that natural selection has played an important role in the ways that people living in different regions of China have developed, affecting their food preferences, immunities (免疫力) to illness and physical features.A variation of the gene FADS2 is more commonly found in northern people. It helps people metabolize (新陈代谢) fatty acids, which suggests a diet that is rich in flesh. This is due to climate differences.Northern Chinais at a higher latitude. This weather is difficult to grow vegetables in. Therefore, northerners tend to eat more meat.The study also found differences in the immune systems of both groups. Most people in southernChinacarry the gene CR1, which protects against malaria. Malaria was once quite common in southernChina. In order to survive, the genes of people in the south evolved to fight against this disease. However, people in the south are also more sensitive to certain illnesses, as they lack the genes to stop them.Genes can also cause physical differences between northerners and southerners. Most northerners have the ABCC11 gene, which causes dry earwax, less body smell and fewer sweats. These physical differences are also more beneficial to living in cold environments. Southerners are less likely to have this gene, as it did not develop in their population.4. What did the new study focus on?A. Regions.B. Eating habits.C. Gene variations.D. Ethnic minority groups.5. What is the main function of the gene FADS2?A. It helps store fat.B. It helps digest meat.C. It helps gain weight.D. It helps treat an illness.6. According to the study, most northerners ________.A. sweat less frequentlyB. are immune to malariaC. prefer vegetables to meatD. are more sensitive to climates7. How many differences did the study find related to genes?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.D. Five.CAn afternoon nap(午睡)is one of the joys of life, although too much napping could signal all is not well. In some cultures, people will have a daily nap — thisis fine. The warning comes when people start sleeping during the daytime, when they did not before. There is certainly a good reason to believe that daytime sleepiness — as in the Alzheimer's study — can be a marker of an underlying condition.For most people, napping during the day is mainly a sign that you are not getting enough sleep at night, says Dr. Neil Stanley, a sleep expert. "If you feel sleepy during the day, you should think about taking a nap. That is what the body needs — it doesn't need to be kept awake with caffeine, it needs sleep. "The feeling to notice is "sleepiness", he says, not "tiredness", which could be more psychological and linked to stress.So how do you nap well? The key thing, says Stanley, is how long your nap lasts. Choose either a 20-or 90-minute nap. "When you fall asleep, you'll quickly go through the lighter stages of sleep into your first period of deep sleep. You don't want to wake up in deep sleep because that's when you wake and feel worse than you did before. "Napping for 20 minutes means you will wake up before you go into deep sleep; napping for 90 minutes means you'll complete a sleep cycle.Once you factor in the time it takes to fall asleep — some people are better at napping than others but, says Stanley, "a healthy adult will fall asleep in between 5 and 12 minutes" — you can set an alarm, allowing a 30- to 40-minute period for a short nap, and up to two hours for a longer one.A good time to nap is during the body's natural dip in the afternoon, between 2 pm and 4 pm. "You don't really want to be napping much pastthatbecause then you are going to be eating into your night-time sleep," Stanley says. The point, he stresses, is to get good night-time sleep, which would ensure you probably don't need to nap at all.8. What does an afternoon nap indicate for most people?A. Caffeine addiction.B. Psychological stress.C. Insufficient night sleep.D. Potential physical illness.9. What is the key to a good nap?A. Duration.B. Surroundings.C. Health.D. Stages.10. What does the underlined word "that" in the last paragraph refer to?A. A 30- to 40- minute period.B. Between 2 pm and 4 pm.C. Between 5 and 12 minutes.D. A 20- to 90-minute period.11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Why to phase a napB. When to take a good napC. What to learn from a napD. How to have a successful napDFlying someone one-way fromLondontoNew Yorkproduces nearly a ton ofcarbon dioxide or CO2. That's alot of this climate-warming greenhouse gas. But there are ways to cut the climate impact of flying, one of which is to ask planes to surf high-altitude winds every chance they get.It's not something they've been allowed to do. But that may change—and soon.Most jets crossing the Atlantic Ocean follow one of several fixed paths that are widely spaced because radar (雷达) had not been able to track aircraft everywhere above the Atlantic. But a new network of satellites could soon change that.Wells was part of a team inEnglandthat calculated the fastest possible routes for passenger planes. According to them , traveltime a plane takes when flying across theAtlanticvaries with the winds that a plane meets. For instance, eastbound (向东的) flights can get a powerful push. Westbound routes miss that benefit. Faster flights burn less fuel. And less burning gives off fewergreenhouse gases.The airline industry knows it has a high " carbon footprint." But it takes decades and many billions of dollars to design, test and fly new planes. Changing a flight path, in contrast, can cut costs and energy right away.The new study doesn't show how well such wind surfing would work for all planes, in all skies and the world over. Bui it does suggest that making flight routes more flexible could cut both fuel use and CO2in some places.However, if flight times vary depending on the wind, scheduling connecting flights and managing runways and gates would become more complicated. The researchers would have to work out the best flight paths that take such scheduling issues into consideration. They may also want to see if flying at different altitudes gives a wider choice of flexible routes at the times most people want to fly.National Air Traffic Services (NATS) which provides air-traffic control for theUnited Kingdomsaid it would temporarily disband its flight-paths system and work to allow airlines to choose flexible routes that would bestlimit their fuel use.12. What happens to east bound flights when crossing theAtlantic?A. They consume more fuel.B. They use less time and energy.C. They produce more greenhouse gases.D. They are against a stronger wind.13. What should be done to make adopting flexible flight routes possible?A. Calculating the flight time.B. Finding the best flight paths.C. Adjusting the size of jets.D. Adding more runways and gates.14. Which word can best replace the underlined word "disband” in the last paragraph?A. Stop.B. Copy.C. Handle.D. Restore.15. What can we infer from the text?A. Planes are producing the most carbon dioxide.B. New fuel is benefiting airline industries greatly.C. Carbon footprint is a serious problem in theUK.D. Surfing the winds can make air travel greener.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年上海市七宝中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析

2020年上海市七宝中学高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AProvincetown, Cape Cod RestaurantsAfter a day on the sands or exploring our charming town, enjoy local eats, from fresh seafood and lobster to authentic Italian. You’ll find many wonderful Provincetown, Cape Cod restaurants and cafes just steps away. Fanizzi’s RestaurantRight next door to our hotel, this award-winning local eatery is one of the finest Cape Cod restaurants. The menu highlights seafood, Italian, steaks, burgers, and fresh salads. Enjoy the Friday Fish Fry, Early Bird Specials, and Sunday Brunch, available from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. all year long.539 Commercial Street 508-487-1964Napi’s RestaurantNapi’s serves dinner all year round and lunch from April to October. A cozy place located just off Commercial Street and overflowing with local art, this Cape Cod, Massachusetts classic specializes in everything from freshly caught seafood to Portuguese and Brazilian dishes to vegetarian items.7 Freeman Street 800-571-6274Mews RestaurantEnjoy views of Provincetown Harbor at this waterfront restaurant just steps from Surfside Hotel & Suites. Intercontinental dishes are served in the beach-level dining room, while upstairs you’ll find a casual American bistro. Summer months bring on a brunch menu, and dinner is served year-round.429 Commercial Street 508-487-1500The Red InnA favorite among our guests, The Red Inn is located on Provincetown’s picturesque waterfront which provides diners with the most gorgeous harbor views and spectacular sunsets. The Red Inn provides historic old world charm with new world pleasure. Their menu features the finest local seafood.15 Commercial Street 508-487-73341.Which restaurant offers a special breakfast for early risers?A.Fanizzi’s Restaurant.B.Napi’s Restaurant.C.Mews Restaurant.D.The Red Inn.2.What is special about The Red Inn?A.It exhibits the good local art.B.It is the finest local restaurant.C.It offers the best local seafood.D.It serves brunch all year round.3.What does the text mainly talk about?A.Accommodation.B.Life styles.C.Sightseeing.D.Dining.BIt was very cold and I had been watching a homeless man make himself comfortable in a “shelter” on the river bank. His “shelter” was a tarpaulin (油布)tied to rocks to keep the wind from blowing it away. He had been living there for over a month. I never saw him with warm clothing or food. I knew what I wanted to do.When I told my parents what I wanted to do they werealarmed. They said I could be putting myself at risk, taking a box to a homeless person at night! But I knew, in my deep heart, that I would be safe.I got a box. My parents watched as I added warm gloves, a heavy blanket ... into the box until it was full! Then, I put a Christmas card on top. It said, “Even though we hardly know each other, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas!” I put ten one-dollar bills inside it as well.My father insisted he went there with me as it was 10 pm on Christmas Eve. I said he could drive me but he had to stay in the car. He agreed.I took the box and walked towards his “house”. I called, “Sir, I have a Christmas box for you!”“Go away!” he shouted.“Sir,” I repeated.“Go away!” he shouted.“Why?” I asked him.He walked over and I expected to see an angry face. Instead I saw two of the most beautiful, gentle, blue eyes I have ever seen.“Merry Christmas!” I said.“Why are you doing this?” he asked.“Because you matter to me,” I said. With that I gave him the box.Tears came to his eyes and he thanked me. I got back to the car and watched him carry the box like it was filled with gold. I didn’t want to embarrass (使困窘) him by watching him any more so Dad and I left.4. The underlined word “alarmed” can best be replaced by _____.A. pleasedB. worriedC. disappointedD. surprised5. Why did the author ask his father to stay in the car?A. Because he wanted to prove he was brave.B. Because he believed the homeless man was bad.C. Because he wanted to protect his father from being hurt.D. Because he didn’t want the homeless man to feel bad.6. When the homeless man saw the author first, he was _____.A. quite angryB. very excitedC. quite puzzledD. very curious7. The author’s purpose in writing the text is to tell readers that _____.A. it is easier said than doneB. poverty is the mother of healthC. where there is a will, there is a wayD. a willing helper doesnot wait until he is askedCThere are 8.8 million blind people in India. In fact, there are 36 million blind people worldwide and a quarter of them are in India; however, many cases of blindness in India are curable. The poor in India have limited access to primary eye healthcare and often do not eat foods rich in micronutrients, like vitamins and minerals, which play an important role in maintaining good eye health.Many people worldwide are not even aware that they may have a vision (视力) problem simply because they do not get their eyes tested every year with a doctor, who tests for the functioning of the eye muscles (肌肉), as well as common diseases like night blindness. This exam is strongly recommended by experts because some changes in vision, which the patient may take longer to notice, can be found easily in this way.Certain simple changes in diet and lifestyle can ensure better eye health for you. These include drinking plenty-of water, not smoking, and eating brightly color1 ed and leafy fruit and vegetables. Wearing sunglasses protects your eyes from the sun, which damages otherwise healthy eyes. Learn about your family's eye disease history, and be on the lookout for any problem about your vision. Make sure that you see a doctor immediately for early intervention(干预) if you see any of these signs of worsening eye health.If you or a loved one needs to cure blindness or other eye diseases, turn to a crowdfunding (众筹) platform. Agroup of eye health caregivers have fundraised with crowdfunding platform ImpactGuru to raise money to perform operations on the eyes of blind women in south Asia. Running an online fundraiser enables both doctors and patients to find a way out of the dark. If you want eye care to develop, start a fundraiser today.8. Why are there so many blind people in India?A. There is a lack of eye hospitals in India.B. People pay no attention to their eyes at all.C. Poor Indians lack food good for eye health.D. The environment damages their eyes.9. What does the author suggest in Paragraph 2?A. Examining your eyes annually.B. Strengthening muscles every day.C. Raising the awareness of physical health.D. Attaching importance to self-examination.10. Which of the following may do harm to your eyes?A. Smoking a lot.B. Wearing sunglasses.C. Drinking much water.D. Watching brightly-color1 ed pictures.11. What does the author want to show in the last paragraph?A. How to start a fundraiser online.B. The importance of raising money.C. The role of crowdfunding in eye care.D. What should bedone to raise money.DThe secrets of dreaming are always interesting psychologists. It is generally acknowledged in the field that dreams people have during this time betweenchildhood and full adulthood, that’s around 30, are the strongest and most influential. Yet not enough is known about the repeated patterns of dreaming. Researchers are still trying to answer a basic question: How does dreaming relate to the life experiences and developmental challenges?G. William Domhoff and Adam Schneider, at theUniversityofCalifornia, help to answer this question by examining the lengthy dream series of two individuals, “Izzy” and “Jasmine”. Izzy provided a collection of 4, 329 dream reports from between the ages of 12 and 25, while Jasmine provided 664 dreams recorded between theages of 14 and 25.Large collections of dreams like these pose challenges to researchers. Until recently, the means of studying dream series was to employ a team of recorders who take the time to code each dream for a predetermined(预先确定的)number of content categories, and then compare their results. Nowadays, digital technologies enable the analysis of language usage in dreams with high speed, accuracy, and objectivity. This marks a revolutionary advance in the science of dreaming. However,itcan only lead so far.To gain more specific and detailed insights, Domhoff and Schneider tailored word strings(词串)for each dreamer, mixing elements of traditional research with digital tools for analyzing large data sets. For Izzy these word strings included “family and s”, “celebrities” and “fantasy”, while the word strings they created for Jasmine included “familiar places,” electrical equipment” and “music”. The researchers used these word strings to identify connections between their dreams and real lives. Surprisingly, the results of the analysis revealed a great deal of consistency(一致性)and continuity in both sets of dreams. Izzy pays much attention to pop culture, and has affection for famous actors. Jasmine is an accomplished musician and performer.“The frequencies of dream elements show the intensity(强度)of the dreamer’s personal concern with that element in waking thought,” Domhoff and Schneider conclude. For anyone who still claims dreaming is merely random nonsense from the brain and mental world, these findings are hard to explain away.12. What do psychologists agree with about dreams?A. Dreams are influenced by life experiences.B. Dreaming is never nonsense from the brain.C. Dreams in one’s teens and twenties are strongest.D The patterns of dreaming are usually repeated.13. What does “it” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?A. The collection of dreams.B. Research into dreaming.C. The digital method.D. The challenge for psychologists.14. How do the researchers conduct their study?A. By analyzing large data sets.B. By developing individualized word strings.C. By identifying the patterns of dreaming.D. By making comparison with traditional research.15. Which can be the best title for the text?A. New tech, new findingB. Dreams: reflections of waking realityC. Lives, languages, dreamsD. Life experiences: elements of mental world第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2017-2018学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高一(上)期中英语试卷

2017-2018学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高一（上）期中英语试卷Ⅱ. Grammar（20’）1．（10分）Dashrath Manjhi was from village Gehlour in Gays District，one of the poorest districts of the western Indian．Poor and illiterate，he worked as farm labour on fields that （21）（lie）on the other side of the hill．The villagers had to climb up the hill with its narrow and difficult pass（22）（buy）even the smallest thing．Passing around it took hours．One day，Manjhi's wife slipped on the hill and had her ankle （23）（break）as she was bringing him lunch．Angrily，Manjhi decided to cut the hill down to the size．（24）（lack）money，he sold off his goats to buy a hammar，chisel and rope．He even shifted his hut closer to the hill （25）he could work day and night．Manjhi （26）（call）a madman，but he didn't care．He was unstoppable．Manjhi started his work more than 40 years ago．As time （27）（pass），the villagers noticed the hill was a bit more climber﹣friendly．It was no longer so steep．Manjhi's hammer and chisel had seen to it that a flat stretch had made its appearance．By the early 1980s，a three﹣kilometre road（28）（make）out of the rock，（29）was wide enough for even vehicles to pass through．A 50﹣kilometer journey to （30）（near）block headquarters of Wazirganj had now shrunk to a 10﹣kilometre journey! 2．（10分）Why do American struggle with watching their weight（31）the French，who consume rich food，continue to stay thin？Now a research by Cornell University suggests （32）life style and decisions about eating may affect weight．Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full．However，Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over．According to Dr．Joseph Mercola，a health expert，the French see eating as（33）important part of their life style．They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table，but Americans see eating as something（34）（squeeze）between the other daily activities．Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full．So they keep eating long（35）the French would have stopped．In addition，he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week．TheFrench，instead，tend to shop daily，walking to small shops and farmers'markets （36）they have a choice of fresh fruits，vegetables，and eggs as well as high﹣quality meats for each meal．After a visit to the United States，Mireille Guiliano，author of French Women Don't Get Fat，（37）（decide）to write about the importance of knowing when to stop （38）suggesting how to avoid food．Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym．In spite of all these differences，evidence shows that recent life style changes （39）affect French eating habits．Today the rate of obesity﹣or extreme overweight﹣among adults is only 6%．However，as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions，the obesity rate among French children（40）（reach）17%﹣and is growing．Ⅲ. Vocabulary（20’）A. materialsAD. differenceB. particularlyC. lackingD. formedCD. instantAB. actuallyAC. restABC. evidenceBC. gluedBD. posted3．（10分）Directions：Complete the passage with the words given in the table．Each word can be used only once．There is an extra one that you will find no use for．The selfie（自拍）stick has been become one of the most popular tools of the year，but not everyone is willing to fork out for one．Resourceful photo fans have now taken to Twitter to show （41）of their own home﹣made devices﹣﹣and with hilarious results．It seems the gadgets，which hold smartphones at arm's length，can be made with a range of （42）from rulers and badminton racquets to baguettes．One user（43）sections of salami（香肠）together to create the pole，and（44）a T﹣shape with more salami and toothpicks to create a shelf for the phone to （45）on．While perfect for home use，the sausage selfie stick might not make it past security if you're heading abroad．Another user came up with a（n）（46）solution to the problem and cut a notch in a stick of bread，and put the phone in place，before holding the baguette in place to take the snap．And it's not just the kids who are skilled at it．Older generations have proved to be （47）resourceful with the game．A Twitter user（48）an image of his uncle using a garden stick to snap a photograph，in which he peers up into the lens．The only thing（49）in these creative homemade selfie sticks is the button to（50）take the picture!4．（10分）A．attraction B．benefit C．enthusiastically BC．treasured D．command AB．satisfy AC．undoubtedlyAD．approval ABC．considerable BD．viewed CD．developedPublic image doesn't make money directly，nor is it anything visible．However，excellent publicimage is such an important thing that it is（51）desired by every company，enterprise，institution，etc．Public image refers to how a company is （52）by its customers，suppliers，and stockholders （股东），by the financial community，by the communities where it operates，and by federal and local governments．Public image is controllable to（53）extent，just as the product，price，place，and promotional efforts are．A firm's public image plays a vital role in the （54）of the firm and its products toemployees，customers，and to such outsiders as stockholders，suppliers，creditors （贷款方），government officials，as well as different special groups．With some things it is impossible to（55）all the different publics：for example，a new highly automated plant may meet the（56）of creditors and stockholders．However，it will （57）find resistance from employees who see their jobs threatened．On the other hand，high quality products and service standards should bring almost complete approval，while low quality products and false claims would be widely looked down upon．A firm's public image，if it is good，should be （58）．It is a valuable strength thatusually is built up over a long and satisfying relationship of a firm with publics．If a firm has （59） a quality image，this is not easily imitated by competitors．Such an image may enable a firm to（60）higher prices，to win the best distributors and dealers，to attract the best employees，to expect the most favorable creditor relationships and lowest borrowing costs．It should also allow the firm's stock to achieve higher price﹣earnings ratio （比例）than other firms in the same industry with such a good reputation and public image．Ⅳ. Cloze（30’）5．（20分）Sooner or later，almost everyone who travels by air﹣from occasional passengers to （61）pilots﹣is affected by jet lag（时差）．One research study reported that as many as 94percent of all long﹣distance fliers experience some form of jet lag．Crossing multiple time zones tends to disrupt（扰乱）your physical rhythms，（62）your natural 24﹣hour"body clock"which regulates your waking and sleeping hours and keeps you aligned（一致）with your（63）．Symptoms of jet lag may include fatigue，insomnia，disorientation swollen hands and light﹣headedness．The symptoms of jet leg feel especially （64）if you fly from west to east，because it is more difficult for your body to adjust to"losing time"when you journey east than to"（65）time"when you fly from east to west．And the more time zones you cross during your flight，the more jet lag you're likely to experience．There are many tips to Help Avoid Jet Lag：1．Adjust your bedtime by a hour a day，a few days before your trip．Change your sleep pattern to match the（66）you will keep at your destination．This will help you avoid jet lag during your trip．2．Resetting your watch at the beginning of your flight may help you （67）more quickly to the time zone you will be visiting．3．Drink plenty of water before，during and after your flight．The air on planes is extremely dry，and some experts believe that dehydration is a（n）（68）cause of jet lag．Virtually everyone agrees that dehydration can make jet lag worse．4．Avoid drinking alcohol anything with caffeine during your flight．（That includes many soft drinks as well as coffee or tea．）Both alcohol and caffeine （69）dehydration．5．Sleep on the plane if it is nighttime at your destination．Use earplugs，headphones，eye masks or other sleep aids to help（70）noise and light，and a travel pillow to make yourself（71）so you can sleep．6．Stay （72）during your flight if it is daytime at your destination．Read，talk with other passengers，watch the movie，or walk the aisles to avoid sleeping at the wrong time．7．Eat lightly but strategically．Some people（73）various"jet lag diets，"but I've never found one that was worth the trouble．Still，it makes sense to eat foods that support your needs and can help you avoid（74）"jet lag"conditions．Remember that high﹣protein meals are likely to keep you awake，foods high in carbohydrates （75）sleep，and fatty foods may make you feel sluggish．61．A．leading B．paid C．professional D．sick62．A．confusing B．producing C．explaining D．realizing63．A．background B．temperature C．mood D．environment64．A．strong B．normal C．indifferent D．painful65．A．adding B．evaluating C．gaining D．producing66．A．style B．condition C．schedule D．plan67．A．react B．adjust C．relate D．respond68．A．medical B．leading C．ordinary D．increasing69．A．manage B．contain C．increase D．cure70．A．move B．block C．decrease D．balance71．A．sleepy B．satisfied C．tired D．comfortable72．A．healthy B．awake C．silent D．active73．A．follow B．fear C．avoid D．change74．A．stressful B．additional C．similar D．unnecessary75．A．disturb B．produce C．prevent D．promote 6．（20分）Roots，it seems，are everywhere﹣﹣﹣ranging from microbots to gigantic models．The mechanical march is gaining steam．Up to the present time，robots have mostly been used by automakers（汽车制造商）andsemiconducto（r半导体）firms to produce goods in large numbers．（76），cheap，powerful cameras，advanced sensors and other electronics now form the basis of robotics projects．"It sounds like Star Wars，but it's （77），"said Bill Vass，CEO of Liquid Robotics．"A perfect storm of technology is occurring"for robotics，he said，ticking off the convergence（汇集）of technologies such as GPS，advances in wireless communications，open﹣source software andnew ARM processors on smartphones．It's hard to （78）the commercial potential for robotics，as the technology is in its infancy and，once ready，the bots could do just about anything．What's certain，though，is that bots will be everywhere in all shapes and sizes for the following．（79）use．Factory robots are now working together with people because of cheaper and more advanced sensor technology．Japan's Kawada Industries and other companies are developing clever robots （80）of assembling smartphone and working safely close to people．Kawada's NextAge bot，which could pass for the robot character WALL﹣E in the animated film of the same name，is one such model．These more （81）tools for repetitive tasks could cut （82）costs of consumer﹣electronic products makers，and free up humans for other jobs．Military use．Within 10years，teams of unmanned planes will swarm enemy sites like killer bees，launching missiles（导弹）and avoiding detection with complicated jamming devices （干扰设备）．Self﹣programmed submarines（潜水艇）will （83）dolphins to detect and disarm mines（水雷）．The application of mechanized weaponry is key to the military's transformation from heavyground forces to smaller human units armed with robotic （84）．Research．Liquid Robotics makes a surfboard﹣shape device for （85）data underwater，such as ocean depth，fish density populations and weather forecasting．The device would be sold to（86）．Wave Glider is its first marine robot．"It operates in environments where you don't want to send people，"Vass said．"Our bots go out in 35﹣foot waves and 100﹣mph winds．"Robots are becoming （87）as there are more and more senior citizens and working couples look for help while at work．Toyota and Honda are building robo﹣servants to help Japan's （88）population．Experts expect dog﹣walking bots and driverless cars in the new future．"Robots will be bigger than the PC in 10 to 20 years，but it will be linked to your computingdevice either in the cloud or on your person，"said Paul Berberian，CEO of Orbotix，which makes Sphero，a robot ball（89）by smartphones．Like others in the industry，Berberian foresees（90）toy robots for the mass market first，followed by more costlylarger devices．76．A．Therefore B．However C．Then D．Otherwise77．A．exciting B．worrying C．coming D．scaring78．A．estimate B．establish C．imagine D．treasure79．A．Industrial B．Commercial C．Electrical D．Academic80．A．fond B．capable C．experienced D．tired81．A．expensive B．efficient C．advanced D．energetic82．A．labor B．service C．maintenance D．technology83．A，assist B．allow C．remind D．replace84．A．programs B．peers C．weapons D．objects85．A．computing B．downloading C．storing D．collecting86．A．manufacturers B．journalists C．detectives D．researchers87．A．sensible B．impressive C．popular D．considerable 88．A．aging B．growing C．essential D．decreasing89．A．designed B．applied C．estimated D．controlled90．A．dependable B．affordable C．responsible D．sociableⅤ. Reading Comprehension（30’）7．（8分）The big online bookseller Amazon recently announced that less than four years after introducing e﹣books to its catalog，it's now selling more electronic versions of its book titles than printed ones．And this past April，Encyclopedia Britannica（不列颠百科全书），the world's oldest and largest maker of encyclopedias announced it would no longer publish a print edition．Last week，the Pew Internet & American Life Project released a survey about the use of e﹣books in libraries．It found that 12percent of Americans aged 16and older who read e﹣books say they had borrowed at least one from a library within the past year．But the survey found that the broader public，including 58percent of those who have library cards and 53percent of people who own electronic book readers，are not aware that they can find and check out e﹣books from public libraries，even though three﹣quarters of the librariesoffer that service．Pew Internet Project director Lee Rainie noted that e﹣book borrowing is becoming more popular at the same time that publishers﹣who are selling plenty of e﹣books and fewer hard﹣copy editions﹣﹣﹣are worried that free e﹣book check﹣outs at the library will hurt sales．In February，for instance，the big publisher Penguin Books stopped supplying new e﹣books and audio books to libraries．Penguin just reached an agreement to resume supplying one big library system in New York City，but not until six months after they are released．That way，those who want the latest books will have to buy them．So things are a little unclear in the library world when it comes to electronic books．More and more readers want them，but publishers are giving the libraries a hard time about offering them．Demand's not the problem．Supply may soon be．91．What do 53 percent of e﹣book readers fail to find？A．Most libraries offer e﹣book service．B．They can borrow at least one free e﹣book．C．Borrowing e﹣books needs to deposit some money beforehand．D．They do not need another library card to borrow e﹣books．92．The publishers worry about the free e﹣book check﹣out at the library，for it will．A．change the reader's shopping habitB．affect the e﹣book salesC．reduce the supply of audio booksD．hurt sales of hard﹣cover editions93．What will the publisher Penguin Books do according to its agreement with New York City？A．Resume supplying new e﹣books．B．Supply e﹣books half a year after their release．C．Offer discounted new e﹣books．D．Stop offering the original service．94．What does the author believe according to the passage？A．Books sales will go from bad to worse．B．The publishers will lose more money．C．The book demand and supply will return to normal．D．E﹣book supply can be a problem later on．8．（6分）Welcome to Our FestivalDec 7th，2016Story Show in Oheron Adults8：00pm﹣10：00pmJoin in us for an evening of true，personal stories about science．Come to the only show where you can hear people﹣scientists，not﹣scientists，and half﹣scientists﹣tell funny and touching stories about the role of science in their lives．Cost：﹩10Make Your Own iPhone Case through Toysinbox 3D PrintingFamilies & Teens & Adults10：00 am﹣12：30 pmIn this workshop，you will learn to design and 3D print your iPhone case．First，you will learn how to use a 3D printer．Next，you will design a 3D model for your iPhone case that will havea lovely pattern and your name．Once you create the model，you will print it out on our 3Dprinters．A 3D printing worker will guide you through this process step﹣by﹣step．Come and enjoy this fun and unique learning experience!Cost：﹩35DIY Underwater Vehicle Design in MIT Museum Teens2：00pm﹣5：00pmDive into the world of ocean engineering by designing and building an underwater vehicle!Test your vehicle in large tanks on the Museum's floor．Show off your engineering creations and share your design process with Museum visitors．Cost：$15，Ages 12Animal Kingdom for Young Ones in Museum of Science，BostonFamilies9：30am﹣2：00pmJoin us for a day of hands﹣on science fun designed especially for pre﹣schoolers!Activities include the Museum's popular﹣Live Animal Story Time shows and a talk about baby animals and book﹣signing by children's book authors．Drop in on special live animal visits and activitiesin the exhibition halls，as well as design challenges and lab activities﹣all created with your young scientist in mind!Cost：Free，Ages Pre﹣kindergarten﹣Age 895．If you are interested in underwater engineering，you will probably attend．A．Story ShowB．DIY Underwater Vehicle DesignC．Make your Own iPhone CaseD．Animal Kingdom for Young Ones96．Animal Kingdom for Young Ones is designed for．A．adultsB．children of all agesC．kids under 8 years oldD．children aged 12 and older97．What is the subject of the festival？A．SportsB．ScienceC．LiteratureD．Education．9．（8分）Happiness can be described as a positive mood and a pleasant state of mind．According to recent polls，sixty to seventy percent of Americans consider themselves to be moderately happy and one in twenty persons feels very unhappy．Psychologists have been studying the factors that contribute to happiness．It is not predictable，nor is a person in an apparently ideal situation necessarily happy．The ideal situation may have little to do with his actual feelings．A good education and income are usually considered necessary for happiness．Though both maycontribute，they are only chief factors if the person is seriously undereducated or actually suffering from lack of physical needs．The rich are not likely to be happier than the middle﹣income group or even those with very low incomes．People with college educations are somewhat happier than those who did not graduate from high school，and this is perhaps mainly because they have more opportunities to controltheir lives．Yet people with a high income and a college education may be less happy than those with the same income and no college education．Poor health does not rule out happiness except for the severely disabled or those in pain．Learning to cope with a health problem can contribute to happiness．Those who have good relationship with other family members are happier than those who live alone．Love has a higher correlation with happiness than any other factors．It should be noted that people quickly get used to what they have，and they are happiest when they feel they are increasing their level wherever where it stands at a given time．Children whose parents were happily married have happier childhoods，but are not necessarily happier adults．The best formula （准则）for happiness is to be able to develop AQ （Adversity Quotient that can be of great benefit when running into trouble），to have a personal involvement and commitment，and to develop self﹣confidence and self﹣esteem．98．It can be inferred from the passage that．A．happiness is neither predictable nor apparentB．a person in an apparently ideal situation must be happyC．the rich are not likely to be happier than the middle﹣income groupD．happiness is not necessarily connected to one's situation in society99．According to the article，happiness is greatly dependent upon．A．a happy childhood in which one can do whatever he likesB．great wealth with which one can buy anythingC．a feeling that conditions are becoming for the betterD．a college degree that can help one achieve great success100．The letters AQ in the last paragraph most probably mean．A．ambition to defeat others in a severe competitionB．ability to overcome difficulty and get out of embarrassing situationC．methods of solving difficult problems and challenges in lifeD．attitudes towards severe competition especially in trouble101．The best title of this passage may be．A．What Does Happiness Consist inB．Happiness and UnhappinessC．Different Kinds of HappinessD．Causes of Happiness and Unhappiness．10．（10分）A．Central planning may be one way of running such an economy．B．In a modern world，production and consumption deals are following natural and free patterns．C．In a traditional society，production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition．D．In the modern market economy，goods and services are bought or sold for money．AB．Buying goods from other peer units is a compulsive measure of business．AC．It is possible to buy goods from other economic units or sell goods to them．Directions：Read the passage carefully．Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box．Each sentence can be used only once．Note that there are two more sentences than you need．There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact（互动）with one another．Three basic ways may be described as the market system，the administered system，and the traditional system．In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace．（102）In a market，transactions（交易）may take place through barter or money exchange．In a barter economy，real goods such as automobiles，shoes，and rice are traded against each other．Obviously，finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sail﹣boat may not always be an easy task．Hence，the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably．（103）An alternative to the market system is administrative（行政的）control by some agency over all transactions．This agency will issue commands as to how much of each good and service should be produced，exchanged，and consumed by each economic unit．（104）The central plan，drawn up by the government，shows the amounts of each goods produced by the various firms and shared among different households for consumption．This is an example of complete planning of production，consumption，and exchange for the whole economy．（105）Every person's place within the economic system is fixed by fatherhood ormotherhood，religion，and custom．Transactions take place on the basis of tradition，too．Ⅵ. Translation（20’）11．（4分）学会反思考试中的错误是考高分的关键．（reflect）．12．（4分）网络的迅猛发展使我们能接触到更多的学习资源．（access）．13．（4分）缺乏经验使他失去了申请总经理一职的机会．（rob）．14．（4分）这个保存完好的历史建筑被认为是中国古代文化的一个很好的例子．（preserve）．15．（2分）他的沟通方式令那位资深面试官印象深刻，并使他最终被那所世界名校录取．（admit）．2017-2018学年上海市闵行区七宝中学高一（上）期中英语试卷参考答案与试题解析Ⅱ. Grammar（20’）1．（10分）Dashrath Manjhi was from village Gehlour in Gays District，one of the poorest districts of the western Indian．Poor and illiterate，he worked as farm labour on fields that （21）lay（lie）on the other side of the hill．The villagers had to climb up the hill with its narrow and difficult pass（22）to buy（buy）even the smallest thing．Passing around it took hours．One day，Manjhi's wife slipped on the hill and had her ankle （23）broken（break）as she was bringing him lunch．Angrily，Manjhi decided to cut the hill down to the size．（24）lacking（lack）money，he sold off his goats to buy a hammar，chisel and rope．He even shifted his hut closer to the hill （25）so that he could work day and night．Manjhi （26）was called（call）a madman，but he didn't care．He was unstoppable．Manjhi started his work more than 40 years ago．As time （27）passed（pass），the villagers noticed the hill was a bit more climber﹣friendly．It was no longer so steep．Manjhi's hammer and chisel had seen to it that a flat stretch had made its appearance．By the early 1980s，a three﹣kilometre road（28）had been made（make）out of the rock，（29）which was wide enough for even vehicles to pass through．A 50﹣kilometer journey to （30）the nearest（near）block headquarters of Wazirganj had now shrunk toa 10﹣kilometre journey!【分析】本文讲述Dashrath Manjhi来自印度西部最贫穷的村．他既贫穷又没有文化，但是，曼吉40多年前开始工作．凿出了一条山路以方便人们．后来人们有铺设了一条共机动车辆走的路．【解答】21．lay ，考查时态，描述过去的事情，所以用一般过去时态，lie"位于"过去式为lay．22．to buy ，考查不定式，作目的状语用不定式．23．broken ，考查固定搭配，have sth done遭遇某事，指她的脚踝断了．24．lacking ，考查现在分词，句子主语和lack之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词作状语．25．so that ，考查状语从句，用so that"以便，为了"引导目的状语从句．26．was called ，考查语态，句子主语和call之间是被动关系，所以用被动语态．27．passed ，考查时态，描述过去的事情，所以用一般过去时态．28．had been made ，考查时态语态，句子主语和make之间是被动关系，所以用被动语态，By the early 1980s和过去完成时态连用．29．which ，考查非限制性定语从句，先行词为物，在非限制性定语从句中作主语，所以用which引导．30．the nearest，考查形容词最高级，表示"最近的"，所以用最高级，形容词最高级前面加the．【点评】本题主要考查了用单词或短语的适当形式填空．做本题的关键是在理解短文的基础上，灵活运用所学的基础知识．本题考到的知识点有：固定的短语，词类的转换，名词的复数形式，副词以及祈使句的用法等．因此，这就需要在平时的学习中，牢固掌握各语言点及一些语法知识．2．（10分）Why do American struggle with watching their weight（31）while the French，who consume rich food，continue to stay thin？Now a research by Cornell University suggests （32）how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight．Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full．However，Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over．According to Dr．Joseph Mercola，a health expert，the French see eating as（33）an important part of their life style．They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table，but Americans see eating as something（34）to be squeezed（squeeze）between the other daily activities．Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full．So they keep eating long（35）after the French would have stopped．In addition，he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week．The French，instead，tend to shop daily，walking to small shops and farmers'markets （36）where they have a choice of fresh fruits，vegetables，and eggs as well as high﹣quality meats for each meal．After a visit to the United States，Mireille Guiliano，author of French Women Don't Get Fat，（37）decided（decide）to write about the importance of knowing when to stop （38）rather than suggesting how to avoid food．Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goesto the gym．In spite of all these differences，evidence shows that recent life style changes （39）may affect French eating habits．Today the rate of obesity﹣or extreme overweight﹣among adults is only 6%．However，as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions，the obesity rate among French children（40）has reached（reach）17%﹣and is growing．【分析】主要介绍了美国和法国的生活方式的不同，以及他们的生活方式与肥胖之间的关系．作者以为什么美国人在与肥胖作斗争而法国人享受着美食且保持身材苗条引出话题，并展开讨论．【解答】31．while，考查连词，表示对比"然而"，所以用while连接两个并列句．32．how，考查宾语从句，从句中表示"如何"，所以用how引导宾语从句．33．an，考查冠词，泛指一种，所以用不定冠词，important是以元音开头的，所以用an．34．to be squeezed ，考查不定式，something后跟不定式作后置定语，和squeeze之间是被动关系，所以用不定式的被动语态．35．after，考查连词，表示"在…之后"，所以用after引导时间状语从句．36．where ，考查定语从句，先行词为地点名词，在定语从句中作地点状语，所以用where 引导．37．decided ，考查时态，描述过去的事情，所以用一般过去时态．38．rather than ，考查固定搭配，表示"而不是"，用rather连接两个动名词．39．may ，考查情态动词，表示推测，语气不够肯定，所以用may，用于肯定句．40．has reached，考查时态，指截止到今天的事情，所以用现在完成时态．【点评】本题主要考查了用单词或短语的适当形式填空．做本题的关键是在理解短文的基础上，灵活运用所学的基础知识．本题考到的知识点有：固定的短语，词类的转换，名词的复数形式，副词以及祈使句的用法等．因此，这就需要在平时的学习中，牢固掌握各语言点及一些语法知识．Ⅲ. Vocabulary（20’）A. materialsAD. differenceB. particularlyC. lackingD. formedCD. instantAB. actuallyAC. restABC. evidenceBC. gluedBD. posted3．（10分）Directions：Complete the passage with the words given in the table．Each word can be used only once．There is an extra one that you will find no use for．。

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七宝中学2019年学年第二学期高一年级英语期中试卷I. Listening Comprehension (30 points)Part A Short ConversationsDirections: In Part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. Excited. B. Dissatisfied. C. Bored. D. Exhausted.2. A. 7:00. B. 7:10. C. 9:00. D. 9:10.3. A. A cook. B. A shop assistant. C. A saleswoman. D. A waitress.4. A. At a gas station. B. In a work shop.C. At an art gallery.D. In a department store.5. A. He hasn’t had a chance to meet Kath y yet.B. Kathy had already told him the news.C. He didn’t know that Kathy was being moved.D. His new office will be located in New York.6. A. The woman wants to go to Toronto.B. The man wants to go to Vancouver.C. There are no flights to Toronto.D. There are two direct flights to Toronto.7. A. She should do more careful work.B. She is not concerned about George’s remarks.C. George does not care about her.D. George shouldn’t have said much about her.8. A. She can’t afford that much for a trip.B. She is fortunate to have made a lot of money.C. She doesn’t think 15,000 dollars is enough for the trip.D. She considers 15,000 dollars only a small sum of money.9. A. Playing tennis. B. Writing a term paper.C. Gathering materials.D. Holding a meeting.10. A. The man was seriously injured in the car accident.B. The man had poor imagination because of the car accident.C. The man wasn’t wearing the seat belt when the accident happened.D. The man’s daughter advised him to wear the seat belt before he left home.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one conversation. You will be asked three questions on each of the passages and four questions for the conversation. The passages and conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Future researchers. B. College students.C. Company employees.D. Successful artists.12. A. To teach the listeners how to work hard.B. To enable the listeners to get better salaries.C. To prepare the listeners to get better jobs.D. To encourage the listeners to seize opportunities.13. A. Kindness. B. Diligence. C. Willingness. D. Interest.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. The benefits of walking. B. The importance of keeping fit.C. The way of forming a habit.D. The possibility of excising regularly.15. A. Because it needs much thinking. B. Because people can improve their memory.C. Because it is suitable for everyone.D. Because people needn’t concentrate on it.16. A. It is the easiest way to lose weight. B. It can be made part of people’s life.C. It can make people’s hearts stronger.D. It helps prevent cancers.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. He has just been back from South America.B. He has been burnt for a few hours.C. He has been surfing the Internet for long.D. He has been doing school work all night.18. A. To look for something interesting for pleasure.B. To meet new friends in the net chatroom.C. To release pressure from heavy work.D. To look for information for his project.19. A. Quite a few sites are just old event calendars.B. It’s a waste of time to surf the Internet.C. A lot of information can be found.D. A lot of friends can be made on the Internet.20. A. People spend much time talking about other interests.B. It takes long to find things because of many useless sites.C. It is hard to start chatting with others in the chatroom.D. It’s hardly the best source of information available.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (15points + 30points)Section ADirections:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.（A）Suspended CoffeeHow about buying a cup of coffee for someone you’ll never meet?The idea, begun in Naples, Italy, and called “Suspended Coffee” — i.e., a customer pays for a coffee and “banks” it for someone (21)______ (fortunate) —has become an international Internet sensation(轰动) with coffee shops in Europe and North America participating in the movement. The Facebook page alone has more than 28,000 “likes”.The tradition of “suspended coffee” is a long-standing tradition in Italy (22) _______ increased in popularity after the Second World War. Recently the practice was starting to take hold in other European countries (23) _______ (hit) hard economically.Homegrown Hamilton, a coffee chain of Canada, has decided to join the effort. “It’s a fantastic initiative, (24) _______ we decided to help out. We had been doing it pretty much anyway, just not under a banner. During the winter, we were giving away coffee or soup to the homeless,” said manager Mike Pattison, “Staff members arealways close to the coffeehouse’s front door, a nd when they see someone walking by who looks like wanting a coffee but can’t afford it, they approach that person. If the offer (25) ______ (accept), they provide the coffee.”However, not everyone supports the idea. In a posting on the website, Consumerist, columnist Laura Northrup raises (26)______ number of objections, including that coffee isn’t nutritious food for people who are hungry and that the action could result in “greedy people” (27) ______ (take) advantage of others’ kindness. He says people should consider other ways to help.（B）When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying: “We have to go to work now,” you’re left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 21st century and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, (28) _____ you are told they are all pupils of stage schools, and that the “work” they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre.Stage schools often act (29) ______ agencies to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name “stage school” (30) ______ (be) those few places where children attend full time, with a training for the theatre and a general education.(31) ______ (pay) a visit to such schools, and it will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary work and acting, singing and dancing their way through the other half of the day?Then of course there are times for the children (32) ______ (make) a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they (33) ______ do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year; those over 13 to 80 days.The schools (34) ______ admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don’t make it? (35) ______ all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.the spread of the coronavirus will be extended to April 30."We will be extending our guidelines to April 30 to slow the spread," Trump said at a White House Coronavirus Task Force news briefing held at the White House Rose Garden. "On Tuesday, we will be ___36___ these plans and providing a summary of our findings, supporting data and ___37___ to the American people."The president said "modeling suggests" that the ___38___ of the COVID-19 death rate in the United States "is likely to hit in two weeks," adding that he hopes the country will be on its way to ___39___ by June 1.Anthony Fauci, one of the leading health experts on the task force team, warned earlier in the day that the country could see 100,000 to 200,000 deaths due to the highly contagious disease.Coronavirus is a flu that is ___40___ and highly contagious. Highly contagious means the disease easily passes on from one person to another.The social distancing guidelines – ___41___ designed to last 15 days and due to expire soon if not extended -- advise Americans to avoid nonessential travel, prevent ___42___ of 10 people or more, and the elderly to stay at home, among other steps.Social distancing ___43___ means you should keep your distance when you're out socializing, i.e. stay far away from each other when you're in the ___44___ of other people or when you're in society at large.Scientists’ ___45___ social distancing comes, of course, in light of the raging coronavirus tha t is wreaking havoc in many countries right now.man’s greed has done much to destroy the earth. Man’s industrial plants pour out toxic waste that pollutes the sea and puts marine life under the threat of extinction; at the same time, they release alarming amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxides and other pollutants. One environmental conservationist, speaking at a world convention on environmental conservation, commented, ‘If our civilization does not ___46___ its course of en vironmental destruction, we may be faced with global disaster.’ This remark may be viewed by some as ___47___, but there is a lot of sense in it.Of course, the culprit (肇事者) here is not just man’s greed---it is man’s ___48___ need as well. For instance, in developing countries, which are in dire economic straits, huge financial foreign debts have forced governments to give permission for the large-scale felling of forests for timber, agriculture or ranching. They believe it is the surest way to pay off their mounting foreign debts, let alone help their citizens ___49___ themselves from poverty. As a result, forests are denuded(使裸露), just to ___50___man’s immediate needs.Perhaps unwittingly, man has changed the ___51___ of the earth’s atmosphere. Cutt ing and burning of forests not only robs nature of her beauty and elegance, but worse still, it releases tremendous amounts of carbon dioxide that help produce a greenhouse effect. Of course, that is not solely to blame for global warming in the last scores of years. Another factor is the gradual depletion of the ozone layer---a(n) ___52___ layer in the atmosphere that shields us against the deleterious effects of the sun’s ultraviolet rays. In fact, documented reports have revealed an appalling fact that t here are ‘holes’ in the ozone layer over the Antarctic, and they appear to be ___53___.Faced with the gravity of these environmental threats to our planet, world leaders have shown deep and genuine ___54___. They have raised a clarion call for environmental awareness. The United Nations has launched a campaign for international environmental cooperation. The UN Environmental Programme has ___55___ international agreements like the Vienna Convention of 1985 and the Montreal Protocoal(草案) of 1989 to conserve the ozone layer by controlling the production, use and trade of destructive chemicals, and as far as possible, to phase out CFCs by the year 2000.III. Reading Comprehension (15 points+40 points)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.What the Nobels are - and aren’t - doing to encourage diversityThe prize-awarding academies are making changes to their secretive nomination processes to tackle bias, but some say the measures don’t go far enough.Gender ___56___is the subject of increasing criticism, much of which is aimed at the Nobel committees that award the honours. In the awards’ history, women have ___57___ only 3% of the science prize winners, and the overwhelming majority have gone to scientists in Western nations. Some ___58___ simply that the representation of women and non-Western researchers in science was lower than it is today. But studies repeatedly show thatsystemic ___59___ remain in the sciences, and the slow pace of progress was especially ___60___in 2017, when there were no female laureates (获奖者) for the second year in a row.Where Nobel winners get their startAlfred Nobel ___61___ the basic rules that govern the prize terms in his will, and statutes(章程) based on these guide the awarding of each honour. Winners are chosen by different ___62___ —the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm —which form a committee for each prize. The committees invite eminent scientists to nominate people, from which they generate a shortlist. Many nominators are appointed by the statutes, by virtue of their ___63___ positions or membership of national academies, but a small fraction are chosen by the committees themselves.The organizations that award the science prizes have now begun changing their nomination processes to encourage gender an d ___64___ diversity among prize nominees and, they hope, ___65___. But it’s unclear how soon the effects of these efforts will be felt.Nobel nominationsGöran Hansson, secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences ___66___ to disclose the rate at which women are currently nominated, citing the academy’s by-laws, which ___67___ that nominations remain confidential for 50 years.For the first time, the committee will explicitly (明确地) ___68___ nominators to consider diversity for the 2019 prizes. The request will be included in invitation letters to the thousands of scientists asked to nominate candidates for each prize. “We don’t work in a vacuum. We need the scientific community to ___69___ the women scientists, and to nominate those who have m ade outstanding contributions,” Hansson told Nature.“The smallest possible action can make a difference, so I ___70___ them for that,” says Curt Rice, president of Oslo Metropolitan University and head of Norway’s Committee on Gender Balance and Diversit y in Research.56. A. quality B. imbalance C. identity D. category57. A. held up B. taken up C. made for D. accounted for58. A. argue B. hope C. oppose D. advise59. A. reviews B. prejudices C. performances D. functions60. A. critical B. desirable C. evident D. great61. A. applied to B. carried out C. switched to D. laid down62. A. bodies B. experts C. systems D. approaches63. A. political B. economical C. academic D. similar64. A. biological B. linguistic C. religious D. geographic65. A. scientists B. winners C. researchers D. candidates66. A. declined B. intended C. promised D. pretended67. A. specify B. agree C. complain D. reason68. A. wait for B. arrange for C. call on D. depend on69. A. see B. award C. reward D. help70. A. identify B. contact C. inspire D. praiseSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Searching for airfares often seems like a game that passengers are bound to lose.Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute. Looking through multiple websites for the best deal can be a big challenge. Even when you do book, there’s no guarantee that you are going to g et the best price.“You just don’t know when to pull the trigger. It’s not like buying anything else I can think of,” said George Hobica, founder of .Harriet Levy paid $179 for a recent round-trip flight on American Airlines between New York and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sitting just one row behind her, Shirley Harrison paid $215. A few rows back, Ellis and Dianne Traub paid $317 each. There were at least 12 fares on the flight, ranging from $169 to $360.There’s no reason for it, Harris on said. Fares can fluctuate significantly in just a few hours. One Delta flight from New York to Los Angeles jumped from $755 to $1,143 from a Friday to Saturday in late April, then fell to $718 on Sunday.The flight was one of a dozen the Associated Press followed over three months for a vacation between July 16 and 22. The number one finding: avoid booking tickets on weekends. It’s the most expensive time to buy. There’s no way to guarantee the best fare. But before booking, travelers should pay attentio n to this additional advice:• Book on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That’s when airlines most often offer sales.• Buy in advance, but not too early. The best time is four to six weeks before traveling. In general, prices for any given flight are highest eight to ten weeks and two to three weeks in advance.• Make use of social media. Airlines are giving more benefits like exclusive sales to travelers who interact with them on Twitter and Facebook. Those specials are often gone within hours.• The so-called discount airlines –JetBlue, Air-Tran, Southwest and Frontier –adjust their fares less frequently than other airlines, so you can feel more confident that the price will stay the same. But their prices aren’t always the lowest. Researching multiple airlines’ fares is the only way to get a good deal.71. What can we infer from the first sentence of the text?A. Passengers are unable to search for airfares.B. Airlines often play games with passengers.C. It’s difficult for passengers to get the best price.D. Airfares are set in different situations.72. The underlined phrase “pull the trigger” in Paragraph 3 probably means ________.A. make a purchaseB. get the best priceC. start searchingD. confirm the price information73. By using a lot of figures, the author intends to _________.A. show standard prices for airlinesB. discover the rules behind airfaresC. prove airfares can vary widelyD. guarantee passengers a low price74. Passengers are advised to book flights __________.A. with famous discount airlinesB. on special websitesC. in the middle of the weekD. several months before traveling（B）In 2004, when my daughter Becky was ten, she and my husband, Joe, were united in their desire for a dog. As for me, I shared none of their canine lust.But why, they pleaded. “Because I don’t have time to take care of a dog.” “But we’ll do it.” Really? You’re going to walk the dog? Feed the dog? Bathe the dog?” “Yes,yes, and yes.” “I don’t believe you.” “We will. We promise.”They didn’t. From day two (everyone wanted to walk the cute puppy that first day), neither thought to walk the dog . While I was slow to accept that I would be the one to keep track of her shots, to schedule her vet appointments, to feed and clean her, Misty knew this on day one. As she looked up at the three new humans in herlife (small, medium, and large), she calculated, “The medium one is the sucker in the pack.”Quickly, she and I developed something very similar to a Vulcan Mind Meld (心灵融合). She’d look at me with those sad brown eyes of hers, beam her need, and then wait, trusting I would understand — which, strangely, I almost always did. In no time, she came to my feet as I read, and splayed across my stomach as I watched television.Even so, part of me continued to resent walking duty. Joe and Becky had promised. Not fair, I’d balk (不心甘情愿地做) silently as she and I walked. “Not fair,” I’d loudly remind anyone within earshot upon our return home.Then one day — January 1, 2007, to be exact —my husband’s doctor uttered an unthinkable word: leukemia ( 白血病).With that, I spent eight to ten hours a day with Joe in the hospital, doing anything and everything I could to ease his discomfort. During those six months of hospitalizations, Becky, 12 at the time, adjusted to other adults being in the house when she returned from school. My work colleagues adjusted to my taking off at a moment's notice for medical emergencies. Every part of my life changed; no part of my old routine remained.Misty still needed walking. At the beginning, when friends offered to take her through her paces, I declined because I knew they had their own households to deal with.As the months went by，I began to realize that I actually wanted to walk Misty. The walk in the morning before I headed to the hospital was a quiet, peaceful time to gather my thoughts before the day's medical drama unfolded. The evening walk was a time to shake off the day's upsets and let the worry tracks in my head go to white noise.When serious illness visits your household, it's not just your daily routine and your assumptions about the future that are no longer familiar. Pretty much every one of you acts differently.Not Misty. Take her for a walk, and she had no interest in Joe's blood counts or the marrow test results. On the street or in the park, she had only one thing on her mind: squirrels! She was so joyous that even on the worst days, she could make me smile. On a daily basis she reminded me that life goes on. After Joe died in 2009，Misty slept on his pillow.I'm grateful to a point. The truth is, after years of walking, I've come to enjoy my walks with Misty. As I watch her chase after a squirrel, throwing her whole being into the here-and-now of an exercise that has never once ended in victory, she reminds me, too, that no matter how harsh the present or unpredictable the future, there's almost always some measure of joy to be extracted from the moment.75. Why didn't the writer agree to raise a dog at the beginning of the story?A. She was afraid the dog would get the family into trouble.B. It would be her business to take care of the dog.C. Her husband and daughter were united as one.D. She didn't want to spoil her daughter.76. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to "The medium one is the sucker in the pack.” (Paragraph3)?A. “The middle-aged person loves me most.”B. “The medium-sized woman is the hostess.”C. “The man in the middle is the one who has the final say.”D. “The woman is the kind and trustworthy one in the family.”77. Why did the writer continue to walk Misty while Joe was in hospital?A. Misty couldn’t live without her.B. Her friends didn’t offer any help.C. The walk provided her with spiritual comfort.D. She didn't want Misty to be others’ companion.78. What is the message the writer wants to convey in the passage?A. One should learn to enjoy hard times.B. A disaster can change everything in life.C. Moments of joy can be appreciated even in distress.D. People change their attitude toward those in difficulty.（C）79. A traveler will enjoy a performance if he chooses _______.A. the Essential TourB. the Backstage TourC. Opera High TeaD. any of the tours80. Joining the Backstage Tour, a traveler _______.A. is allowed to wear sneakers when standing on the stageB. will have an opportunity to be the conductor of the orchestraC. can take his big family of 8 members to free breakfastD. can buy the discount ticket the day before the tour81. If a couple who travelled with their 17-year-old son joined the Essential Tour and had a meal of $150 there,what would the lowest cost be if paid in cash?A. $203.25.B. $214.5.C. $225.D. 239.25.(D)The MacArthur Foundation late last month announced its latest crop of “genius grants”, and once again you thought maybe, just maybe, this was your year.And why not? These days, we’re all geniuses. We might be “marketing geniuses” or “cooking geniuses” or “TV geniuses”. We have so weakened “genius” that it’s fast joining the company of “natural” and “mindful” (留心), words left inactive through overuse and misuse.Admittedly, the word is tough to nail down. Sometimes we assume genius equivalent to raw intelligence. But many of humanity’s greatest breakthroughs were achieved by those w ith only modest IQs.Sometimes we think of the genius as someone extremely knowledgeable, but that definition also falls short. During Albert Einstein’s time, other scientists knew more physics than Einstein did, but history doesn’t remember them. That’s because they didn’t make use of that knowledge the way Einstein did. They weren’t able to, as he put it, “regard old questions from a new angle”.The genius is not a know-it-all but a see-it-all, someone who, working with the material available to all of us, is able to make surprising and useful connections. True genius involves not merely an extra advance, but a conceptual leap. As philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer put it: Talent hits the target no one else can hit; genius hits the target no one else can see.We’ve lost sight of this truth, and too often grant the title of genius on talented people hitting visible targets.A good example is the much-boasted announcement earlier this year that scientists had, for the first time, recorded the sound of two black holes bumping, a billion light-years away. It was a remarkable discovery, no doubt, but it did not represent a dramatic shift in how we understand the universe. It merely confirmed Einstein’s general theory of relativity.As Plato observed, “What is honored in a country is cultivated there.” What do we honor? Digital technology, and the convenience it represents, so naturally we get a Steve Jobs or a Mark Zuckerberg as our “geniuses”, which, in point of fact, they aren’t.The iPhone and Facebook are wonderful inventions. In many ways, they make our lives a bit easier, a bit more convenient. If anything, though, a true genius makes our lives more difficult, more unsettled. William Shakespeare’s words provide more anxiety than relief, and the world felt a bit more secure before Charles Darwin came along. Zuckerberg and Jobs may have changed our world, but they haven’t yet changed our worldview.We need to recover genius, and a good place to start is by putting the brakes on Genius Flooding.82. The key factor that sets geniuses and talents apart is that __________.A. geniuses have a larger range of knowledgeB. geniuses have access to far more resourcesC. geniuses can see visible targetsD. geniuses approach things differently83. The phrase “nail down” is closest in meaning to “ ___________”.A. sort outB. agree onC. plan forD. make up84. The reasons why people naturally regard Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg as geniuses include all the followingEXCEPT that __________.A. their achievements bring people convenienceB. they have extraordinary intelligenceC. they are native to the country where digital technology is highly valuedD. they satisfy people’s needs in the age of high technology85. What can we infer from the passage?A. We should stop the improper use of “genius”, “natural” and “mindful”.B. The first recording of two black holes bumping each other is a genius breakthrough.C. Charles Darwin is hardly a genius.D. More geniuses remain to be found in our life.86. What is the best title for the passage?A. Get a new word, genius.B. Learn from a new model, genius.C. Join in a new group, genius.D. Make a new friend, genius.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Ways to Be More EfficientNot all tasks of the day are inspiring, fun or exciting. But you still have to wash those dishes and take care of those routine tasks at work or in school. So what can you do not to get lost in procrastination (拖延) ?I’ll share how I do it, how I get some motivation and find more pleasure in what may seem to be a boring task.Instead of focusing your mind on how boring a task may feel, focus your thoughts on why you are doing this and how good it will feel when you are done with it. If needed, sit down for a few minutes, close your eyes and see in your mind. Then go to work with that motivation and those positive feelings in your body.Do it attentively. 87 Focus 100% on just the work with all your senses—how it feels, looks and smells—as you are scrubbing it and nothing else. Don’t get lost in daydreams. If you are just there, I have found that even such a simple task becomes more enjoyable and something that can bring inner calm rather than distress.Make a deal with yourself and set a timer for 10 minutes. It is often easier to do tasks like these in small bursts. So make a deal with yourself to just spend 10 minutes on your reading or the house cleaning. 88 When the timer rings you can continue doing it if you feel like it (this often happens to me because getting started is the hard part) . Or you can stop and go do something more interesting instead.Create a pleasurable distraction. If possible, try to listen to the radio, your favorite songs, an audio book or watch a movie or TV episode while doing your boring task. 89 I often listen to music or watch an episode of the Simpsons while doing the dishes or other routine work at home.90 Take a walk in the sun. Move on to a more fun or creative task at work or in school. Have a。

上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题

上海市七宝中学2024-2025学年高三上学期第一次月考英语试题一、语法填空Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soliders, while the people 1 (help) civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat or calculated the length of the year, or manured (施肥) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers.People think a great deal of them, so much that on all the highest pillars (纪念柱) in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a solider. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are 2 that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not 3 (civilized). Animals fight; so 4 savages (野蛮人); so to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people to fight for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently — this, after all, is 5 conquerors and generals have done — is not being civilized. People fight 6 (settle) quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized peoples ought to be able to find some ways of settling their disputes other than by seeing which side 7 kill off greater number of the other side, and then saying that the side which has killed most 8 (win). It means 9 (say) that power is right.This is what the story of mankind has on the whole been like. Even our own age has fought the two greatest wars,10 millions of people were killed or disabled. And while today it is true that people do not fight and kill each other in the streets while, that is to say, we have got to the stage of keeping the rules and behaving properly to each other in daily life-nations and countries have not learnt to do this yet, and still behave like savages.二、选词填空Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Only two countries in the advanced world provide no guarantee for paid leave from work to care for a newborn child. Last spring one of the two, Australia, gave up the bad distinction by setting up paid family leave starting in 2011. I wasn’t surprised when this didn’t make the news here in the United States - we’re now the only wealthy country without such a policy.The United States does have one explicit family policy, the Family and Medical Leave Act, passed in 1993. It 11 workers to as much as 12 week’s unpaid leave for care of a newborn or dealing with a family medical problem. Despite the 12 of the benefit, the Chamber of Commerce and other business groups fought it bitterly, describing it as “government-run personnel management” and a “dangerous precedent (先例)”. In fact, every step of the way, as (usually) Democratic leaders have tried to introduce work-family balance measures into the law, business groups have been strongly 13 .As Yale law professor Anne Alstott, argues, 14 parental support depends on defining the family as a social good that, in some sense, society must pay for. Parents are 15 in many ways in their lives: there is “no exit” when it comes to children. Society expects parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the 16 and intimate care that human beings need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. And society expects parents to persist in their roles for 18 years, or longer if needed.While most parents do this out of love, there are public punishments for not providing care. What parents do, in other words, is of deep 17 to the state, for the obvious reason that caring for children is not only 18 urgent but important to the future of society. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children’s welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society 19 . To classify parenting as apersonal choice for which there is no collective responsibility is not merely to ignore the social benefits of good parenting, really, it is to steal those benefits because they accrue (累积) to the whole of society as today’s children become tomorrow’s citizens. In fact, by some 20 , the value of parental investments in children, investments of time and money, is equal to 20%-30% of GDP. If these investments bring huge social benefits-as they clearly do-the benefits of providing more social support for the family should be that much clearer.三、完形填空Before 1815 manufacturing in the United States had been done in homes or shops by skilled artisans. As master craft workers, they imparted the knowledge of their trades to apprentices (学徒) and journeymen (熟练工). 21 women often worked in their homes part-time, making finished articles from raw material supplied by merchant capitalists. After 1815 this older form of manufacturing began to 22 factories with machinery tended by unskilled or semiskilled laborers. 23 transportation networks, the rise of cities, and the availability of capital and credit all stimulated the shift to factory production.Apprentices were considered part of the family, and masters were responsible not only for teaching their apprentices a trade but also for providing them with some education and for 24 their moral behavior. Journeymen knew that if they 25 their skill, they could become respected master artisans with their own shops. Also, skilled artisans did not work by the clock.The factory changed that. Goods produced by factories were not as finished or elegant as those done by hand, and pride in craftsmanship gave way to the 26 to increase rates of productivity. The new methods of doing business involved a new and stricter sense of time. Absenteeism and lateness hurt productivity and, since work was specialized, 27 the regular factory routine. Industrialization not only produced a fundamental change in the way work was organized; it 28 the very nature of work.The first generation to experience these changes did not adopt the new attitudes easily. The factory clock became the symbol of the new work rules. One mill worker who finally 29 complained revealingly about “obedience to the ding-dong of the bell-just as though we are so many living machines.” With the 30 of personal freedom also came the loss of standingin the community. Unlike artisan workshops in which apprentices worked 31 with the masters supervising them, factories sharply separated workers from management. Few workers rose through the ranks to supervisory positions, and even well-paid workers sensed their 32 in status.In this newly emerging economic order, workers sometimes organized to protect their rights and traditional ways of life. The labor movement gathered some momentum (动力，势头) in the decade before the Panic of 1837, but in the depression that followed, labor’s strength 33 . During hard times, few workers were willing to strike or 34 collective action. And skilled craft workers, who led the union movement, did not feel a particularly strong bond with semiskilled factory workers and unskilled laborers. More than a decade of agitation (激烈争论) did finally bring a workday shortened to 10 hours to most industries by the 1850s’, and the courts also recognized workers’ right to strike, but these 35 had little immediate impact. 21．A．Otherwise B．Moreover C．However D．Therefore 22．A．give way to B．make up for C．get rid of D．end up with 23．A．Expensive B．Public C．Difficult D．Cheap 24．A．displaying B．supervising C．respecting D．predicting 25．A．shared B．assessed C．perfected D．applied 26．A．pressure B．hatred C．freedom D．disappointment 27．A．followed B．broke C．established D．fixed 28．A．ignored B．demanded C．guaranteed D．transformed 29．A．succeeded B．recovered C．quitted D．revenged 30．A．restoration B．change C．loss D．protection 31．A．closely B．efficiently C．independently D．diligently 32．A．stability B．independence C．decline D．security 33．A．maintained B．developed C．returned D．collapsed 34．A．protest against B．give up C．account for D．engage in 35．A．emphases B．limits C．evidences D．gains四、阅读理解The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When I stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom.I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during “club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher.A tough woman with salt-and-pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazy bones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-tom homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, during my next twenty-five years, I became a journalist by profession.Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire.Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn’t have become a reporter. She was the catalyst that sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after.36．Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently?A．Stepping on the American soil for the first time.B．Her mother’s miserable deathC．Being exposed to Greek literary works.D．Following the prettiest girl in his class. 37．It can be inferred from Paragraph Four that ________.A．Miss Hurd’s contribution was recognized across the nation.B．Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd’s teaching styleC．The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally firedD．Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students38．The passage is mainly concerned with ________.A．how the author became a journalist B．the importance of inspiration in one’s life C．the teacher who shaped the author’s life D．factors contributing to a successful careerWhen you first arrive in Oxford，it may take a little while for you to find your way around. The university is a large organization that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. Some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike ( most students in Oxford find cycling is the best way to go around), setting up a bank account , getting their computer and mobile phone working , finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.One of the major events you will experience shortly after "coming up" to Oxford is matriculation. Matriculation is held at the University's Sheldonian Theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.International students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. Sessions run throughout the day that will give you practical information about living and studying in UK and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at Oxford at the same time as you , as well as to current Oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you . The day covers topics such as studying and learning in the Oxford system, University services, information on living in Britain and culture differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. You can choose which talks to attend and at the end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow student.Another good thing to experience early on is college dining. Most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. On some of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they may return the favor. In this way you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many often historical college grounds and dining halls.Further information on your first few weeks at Oxford is available via the Students Gateway on our website and you can get first-hand accounts of what life at Oxford is like bywatching videos of students talking about their experiences on our Wall of 100 Faces. 39．Which of the following is not the first thing for a newcomer to Oxford to do_______？A．to find a best place to socializeB．to set up a bank accountC．to go to the Sheldonian TheatreD．to get mobile phone working40．When do students feel they are truly admitted to Oxford University______？A．They arrived in Oxford and settled down on campus．B．They received the offer from the admission office．C．They met the staff and took some required courses．D．They experienced the matriculation in the university．41．Why is an orientation important for international students？A．It is a good chance to ask the staff for help．B．It offers practical information about living and studying．C．It helps get students' computers hooked to the Internet．D．It can help deal with the problem of culture differences．42．"Return the favor"in the passage probably means___．A．inviting you for dinnerB．visiting your historic college in returnC．sharing favorite videosD．providing you with some good advice．In the college-admissions wars, we parents are the true fighters. We’re pushing our kids to get good grades, take SAT preparatory courses and build resumes to they can get into the college of our first choice. I’ve twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. We see our kids’ college background as a prize demonstrating how well we’ve raised them. But we can’t acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So we’ve come up with various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn’t matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford.We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won’t be enough prizes to goaround. Fearful parents urge their children to apply to more schools than ever. Underlying the hysteria (歇斯底里) is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that is plausible--and mostly wrong. We haven’t found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters. Selective schools don’t systematically employ better instructional approaches than less selective schools, On two measures- professors’ feedback and the number of essay exams selective schools do slightly worse.By some studies, selective schools do enhance their graduates’ lifetime earnings. The gain is considered at 2-4% for every 100-point increase in a school’s average SAT scores. But even this advantage is probably a statistical fluke (偶然). A well-known study examined students who got into highly selective schools and then went elsewhere. They earned just as much as graduates from higher-status schools.Kids count more than their colleges. Getting into Yale may signify intelligence, talent and ambition. But it’s not the only indicator and its significance is declining. The reason: so many similar people go elsewhere. Getting into college is not life’s only competition. In the next competition--the job market and graduate school-the results may change. Old-boy networks are breaking down. Princeton economist Alan Krueger studied admissions to one top Ph.D．program. High scores on the GRE helped explain who got in; degrees of prestigious universities didn’t.So, parents, lighten up. The stakes (风险) have been vastly exaggerated. Up to a point, we can rationalize (合理化) our pushiness. America is a competitive society; our kids need to adjust to that. But too much pushiness can be destructive. The very ambition we impose on our children may get some into Harvard but may also set them up for disappointment. One study found that, other things being equal, graduates of highly selective schools experienced more job dissatisfaction. They may have been so conditioned to being on top that anything less disappoints. 43．Why does the author say that parents are the true fighters in the college-admissions wars?A．They have the final say in which university their children are to attend.B．They know best which universities are most suitable for their children.C．They care more about which college their children go to than the children themselves.D．They have to carry out intensive surveys of colleges before children make an application. 44．What does the author mean by “kids count more than their colleges” Line 1, para.4?A．Continuing education is more important to a person’s success.B．Kids’ actual abilities are more important than their college background.C．A person’s happiness should be valued more than their education.D．What kids learn at college cannot keep up with job market requirements.45．What does Krueger’s study tell us?A．Getting into Ph.D．programs may be more competitive than getting into college.B．Graduates from prestigious universities do not care much about their GRE scores.C．Connections built in prestigious universities may be sustained long after graduation.D．Degrees of prestigious universities do not guarantee entry to graduate programs. 46．According to the passage, one possible result of pushing children into elite universities is that ________.A．they experience more job dissatisfaction after graduationB．they earn less than their peers from other institutionsC．they turn out to be less competitive in the job marketD．they overemphasize their qualifications in job applicationDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.In business, there is a speed difference: It’s the difference between how important firm leaders say speed is to their competitive strategy and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company size. 47In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that choose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up “improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.48 They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operation speed (moving quickly )and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value ).Simply increasing the speed of production, for example ,may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference .But that oftenleads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.In our study, higher-performing companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. 49 And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast, performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. 50 That kind of strategy must come from the top.A．How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better?B．Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals.C．More haste, less speed, which in the study proves wrong.D．Companies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.E．They valued efficiency rather than consideration.F．They encouraged new ways of thinking.五、书面表达51．Directions: Read the following three passages. Summarize the main idea and the main point (s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.It is found that American students spend less than 15% of their time in school. While there’s no doubt that school is important, a number of recent studies remind us that parents are even more so. A study published earlier this month by researchers at North Carolina State University, for example, finds that parental involvement-checking homework, attending school meetings and events, discussing school activities at home — has a more powerful influence on students’ academic performance than anything about the school the students attend.So parents matter. But it is also revealed in researches that parents, of all backgrounds, don’t need to buy expensive educational toys or digital devices for their kids in order to give theman advantage. What they need to do with their children is much simpler: talk.But not just any talk. Recent research has indicated exactly what kinds of talk at home encourage children’s success at school. For example, a study conducted by researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health found that two-way adult-child conversations were six times as potent in promoting language development as the ones in which the adult did all the talking.Engaging in this back-and-forth gives children a chance to try out language for themselves, and also gives them the sense that their thoughts and opinions matter.The content of parents’ conversations with kids matters, too. Children who hear talk about counting and numbers at home start school with much more extensive mathematical knowledge. While the conversations parents have with their children change as kids grow older, the effect of these exchanges on academic achievement remain strong. Research finds that parents play an important role in what is called “academic socialization” — setting expectations and making connections between current behavior and future goals. Engaging in these sorts of conversations has a greater impact on educational accomplishment._______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _六、翻译52．意识到犯了大错，我马上向在场所有的人表达了诚挚的歉意。

2019-2020学年上海市七宝中学高一上期中考试试卷

七宝高一英语期中考试（2019年11月）满分：150分I. Listening Comprehension (25%)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. 5:00. B. 4:30. C. 5:30. D. 6:00.2. A. In a factory. B. In a hotel room. C. At a reception desk. D. In the hell.3. A. She doesn’t like eating the cake. B. She is trying to buy some cake.C. She is leaving to take a flight.D. She is going on a diet now.4. A. She’s a housewife. B. She’s a nurse.C. She’s a babysitter.D. She’s a teacher.5. A. Painting the room. B. Pleasure in helping others.C. Preparing for a surprise party.D. Asking Mike for help.6. A. She is working in the hospital as a doctor.B. She is a patient in the hospital.C. She is not allowed to be visited by her friends.D. She is seeing patients of injuries on the fourth floor.7. A. Nervous. B. Relaxed. C. Confident. D. Fine.8. A. He is not afraid of driving in the terrible rush hour.B. Driving is much faster than taking the bus to work.C. He has to leave the seat when the bus gets to his stop.D. He doesn’t like standing all the way on his way to work.9. A. Because she doesn’t want a good rest.B. Because she doesn’t take a bad cold seriously.C. Because she will lose her job if she does.D. Because she wants to keep on working.10. A. Her English class is interesting. B. Mr. Jackson is stricter than Mr. White.C. She wants to shout in English class.D. She doesn’t like being sleepy in class.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked to questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. How to say and spell “horse”. B. A few simple spelling tricks.C. A comfortable pattern of numbers.D. Rules in math without a problem.12. A. He learned the spelling “rules” in high school.B. He spent hours online playing word games.C. He entered himself in competitions of all levels.D. He learned Spanish to play in another language.13. A. He was good with words in elementary school.B. He didn’t realize his talent in words until high school.C. He competed in order to win Word Game Player of the Year.D. Becoming a word game addict did harm to his life.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. To take up some time. B. To plan a training.C. To learn from adventure.D. To develop leadership skills.15. A. Lectures on public relations. B. Tests on management.C. Climbing mountains.D. Long-distance running.16. A. The company decides the employees’ income according to the report.B. The employees in the company cannot handle difficult conditions.C. The employees have to ask for leave for 20 days in July for the program.D. The company provides the program as welfare for its employees.Section CDirections: I n Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to answer the following questions.17. A. Their opinions about making friends online.B. Their time of going to bed at night.C. The popularity of social networks.D. Spending time in a more meaningful way.18. A. Crazy. B. Necessary. C. Interesting. D. Unreal.19. A. Making friends online is very interesting.B. He can share secrets safely with others.C. He won’t meet someone he knows online.D. He can practice his English when chatting.20. A. Come to her house.B. Get up early in the morning.C. Sleep more in the evening.D. Do some more important things.II. Grammar and vocabulary (50%)Section A (30%)Directions: fill in the blank with the proper form of the given verb.21.If you don’t come this afternoon, you ________(miss) a lot of nice things.22.A family may have a member who ________(think) of as a black sheep, a person who brings trouble.23. The glasses I thought I ________(lose) are here, right under my nose.24. Last month, an Alabama school leader suggested a dress code that ______ (ban) Capri pants (七分裤) andscarves and include restrictions on eye makeup and nail polish.25. Zootopia ___________(praise) for its sharp humor and strong message since its release.26. Amilia Earthart was the first woman ________(fly) the Atlantic Ocean alone.27. Do you have trouble ________(express) yourself in written English?28. People’s awareness of personal information protection remains ________(raise).29. The way to avoid ________(fine) is to obey the traffic rules when you drive.30. I seem ________(leave) my homework at home, so I have to do it again during the break.Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. Fill in each blank with the proper form of the given verb. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.Discover new ways to travelWe’ve probably all met someone who likes to boast about how many places he or she has been to. It’s annoying but it’s true that to some people, traveling is all about the number of destinations one _____31.____(set) foot on. But fortunately, the old “been there, seen that” mode is changing.Last year’s travel trend was “experiential travel”. This is where tourists look for ways to get to know local culture and interact with local people, so they feel less like an outsider but more like a resident. So what about this year? Can thoughtful tourists get even more out of their traveling experience?Transformative travelTransformative travel is much like “experiential travel”, but takes it a step further.It usually ____32.____(go) through three phases – you go to a place that has a very different background than where you come from, you learn wisdom from the new culture and the people you meet, and finally you return home and use the knowledge in your own life and the lives of those around you. This last phase is how the “transformation” ____33.____(complete) and what ____34.____(separate) transformative travel from experiential travel.“This allows our travelers ____35.____(start) to see the world less in black and white, and to begin to appreciate how nuanced(微妙的) many issues are when ____36.____(see) from very different perspectives,” Jennine Cohen, director of US travel company GeoEx, told V ogue magazine.Go greenAccording to Rebecca Warren, managing editor at Lonely Planet, eco-friendly and sustainable travel will be one of this year’s top trends.One way to plan a low-impact trip is to travel a shorter distance, which can reduce your carbon footprint. “One trans-Atlantic flight equals a year’s worth of driving, so consider ____37.____(plan) an adventure closer to home,” suggested Warren, according to US News.Another way to involve sustainability in your travel plans is to choose a destination that ____38.____(benefit) the most from your trip. For example, places like Nepal will enjoy a boost of its local economy from the money it will make through tourism.Disappearing destinationsDestinations at risk of disappearing are also welcoming an increasing number of tourists.Everett Potter, a USA Today writer, says that the Arctic and Antarctic have become popular destinations since they ____39.____(threaten) by climate changes.Another top destination is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. Due to pollution and global warming, it’s predicted that the reef ____40.____(damage) in just a few decades. Travelers are longing to see the coral “before it’s gone or completely changed”, Potter told US News.Section B (20%)Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.At the end of a long day, it’s all too easy to take a hot shower, throw on some pajamas, brush your teeth, andthen jump into bed. But have you ever stopped to think about the _____41.___ of sleeping with wet hair? As it turns out, going to bed with wet hair isn’t as ____42.____ as you probably thought.The first negative result of sleeping with wet hair is purely cosmetic: you can’t predict how your wet hair is going to look in the morning. “If you try to ____43.____ your hair in the morning after sleeping on it wet, you’re probably going to have funny waves, flat sides, and crinkles,” says hairstylist Olga Gilbert of J. Russell Salon in Southern California.“When you wake up to unruly bedhead, you’re probably going to have to re-wet it again to properly dry it and regain control. This ____44.____ adds time to your morning routine,” she says.Gilbert says that sleeping with wet hair does not immediately damage your hair follicles or shaft, but it can certainly lead to hair breakage, because wet hair is weakest when wet, making it easier to break. “If you pull your wet hair up into a tight ponytail or bun, you have a much greater chance of breaking it during the night,” Gilbert says. To help with that, here’s how to repair ____45.____ hair with items you already have at home.If you absolutely must sleep with wet hair because you have to wake up early for work, there are a few easy ways to minimize the damage. First, you can change your cotton pillowcases for silk or satin ones like these. Silk has a much smoother surface, so you won’t experience as much unfortunate breakage. Not using the silk pillowcase is one of the nighttime habits that could ____46.____ your hair.Next, you can make sure to sleep with your hair down or in a(n) ____47.____ braid(辫子), instead of up in a tight bun or ponytail. In addition, you should replace your tight, elastic bands with a soft scrunchy(束发带) that isn’t going to roughly pull at night. If you’re willing, it’s also very helpful (but less comfortable) to wrap your hair in a silk scarf.Finally, if you’re going to bed with wet hair, the most important rule is never to forget to ____48.____ product! Protective serums(精华液), dry oils, and texturizing mousses are some of the best ways to ____49.____ you don’t wake up looking like an alpaca(羊驼) while protecting your precious hair from damage. Now that you know how bad sleeping with wet hair is, make sure you’re not making these hairstyle mistakes that ____50.____ your face.Heritage list on Saturday as an early _____51._____ to globalization.The decision was made at the ongoing 41st session of World Heritage Committee in Krakow, Poland, which designated Kulangsu a Historic International Settlement.____52._____ a mere 1.88 square kilometers, the island hosted settlements from 13 countries from the end of the First Opium War (1840-42) to the early 20th century.The committee found that Kulangsu was China’s major gateway in early-stage globalization and ____53.____ mixed architectural characteristics from the local, Southeast Asian and Western styles. It _____54.____ reflected cross-border communication.Today, 931 historical buildings and gardens in various styles remain, most of them former tycoons’residences, overseas companies and public institutions like hospitals. Many pioneers of Chinese modernization were born and left their former residences on Kulangsu. "The island has deep traditional Chinese culture roots and inclusiveness to embrace different values and cultures," said Song Xinchao, deputy director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage. "It also shows a(n) ____55._____ of ancient thought and modern living concepts."Since 2014, preparations have been made for World Heritage status, Liang said. For example, a digital monitoring network was set up at the sites and a special office was opened within his committee for the ____56._____ of cultural relics."Kulangsu is not only a scenic spot, but also a community," Liang said. "We’ve tried to encourage local residentsto participate in the protection."New museums have opened on the island to better present its cultural resources. An abandoned hospital, for example, was renovated to be used as a satellite gallery of Beijing’s Palace Museum to display its _____57._____ of foreign artifacts."The central government will continue to encourage improving the quality of island residents` lives and improving visitors’experiences there," Song said. "An even more beautiful Kulangsu will be ____58.____ to the public."As a popular tourism destination, Kulangsu has had problems with crowding. Song said the daily number of visitors will be capped to meet crowd-control ____59._____ from World Heritage Committee. More measures will follow to better study and preserve historical heritage on the island.About 1,600 delegates from 107 countries and 167 international organizations attended the conference, which will continue through July 12. Delegates are judging 35 candidate World Heritage Sites from around the world and also discussing the status and protection of ____60._____ World Heritage Sites in Syria.III. Reading Comprehension (55%)Section A (15%)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Why did the ancient Maya abandon their citiesThe ancient Maya built many large cities in the Classic Period, which lasted from about 250 until about 900. Each city had its own king and _____61_____ class. The cities traded with one another but often ____62_____ with one another as well. In about 900, the Maya ___63_____ many of their cities. Archaeologists and other scientists have long puzzled over why the Maya left. They have formed theories by examining those cities carefully and studying the settlements that surround them. Researchers think that the _____64____ in some places may have been so large that people left because there was not enough ____65____ for everyone.Archaeologists studied ___66____ from one city and its surroundings to learn what had happened there. In Copan they found many tools dating from 500 to about 1000 and a few tools dating from about 1000 to 1200. They found that no new monuments had been built after 822. From studying plant remains, scientists concluded that the area around Copan had been ___67_____. Other evidence suggested that the land was overfarmed. In view of the evidence, the scientists concluded that a large population lived in Copan until about 1000. As more people farmed the land, the soil ____68____ its richness and produced few crops, which caused the Maya who lived there to ____69_____ malnutrition, as analysis of skulls show. As a result, people began to leave Copan in about 1000, but they did not completely abandon the city until about 1200.____70____ also may have caused the Maya to abandon some of their cities. For example, it is thought that a rival city, Caracol, may have once conquered Tikal. Then, after more than 100 years had passed, Tikal returned to power, and the ruling family built temples to ____71____ its victory. ____72____, by the end of the 800s, Tikal was no longer powerful. Its inhabitants left the city. Some archaeologists and historians think that war may have broken out again and caused the citizens to leave.Although we do not know for certain why many ancient Maya abandoned their cities, we may find some clues by observing today’s Maya. Modern Maya still live in the lands, including Mexico and Guatemala, that their ancestors ___73_____. Many present-day Maya ___74_____ a variety of ancient beliefs and customs, such as farming practices. Studying their beliefs and practices may ____75____ scientist to discover more about ancient Mayan culture.61.A. ruling B. living C. educating D. farming62.A. communicated B. fought C. quarreled D. bargain63.A. destroyed B. restored C. decorated D. abandoned64.A. population B. area C. family D. profit65.A. land B. water C. food D. space66.A. routes B. clues C. soil D. monuments67.A. wasteland B. ruins C. battlefield D. farmland68.A. developed B. created C. lost D. kept69.A. get rid of B. result from C. suffer from D. show sympathy for70.A. Malnutrition B. War C. Flood D. Earthquake71.A. honor B. record C. secure D. taste72.A. Otherwise B. Besides C. Therefore D. However73.A. cleared B. approached C. isolated D. occupied74.A. practice B. declare C. respect D. challenge75.A. remind B. help C. force D. forbidSection B (32%)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.AOne Friday morning, before Michael was leaving for work he told his wife that he had finally determined to ask his boss for a salary raise. All day Michael felt nervous and anxious as he thought about the upcoming showdown. What if Mr. Duncan refused to grant his request? Michael had worked so hard in the last 18 months and brought some great benefits to Braer and Hopkins Advertising Agency. Of course, he deserved a wage increase.The thought of walking into Mr Duncan’s office left Michael weak in the knees. Late in the afternoon he was finally courageous enough to approach his superior. To his delight and surprise, the ever-frugal (一惯节省的) Rowland Duncan agreed to give Michael a raise!Michael arrived home that evenin g—despite breaking all city and state limits—to a beautiful table set with their best china, and candles lit. His wife, Cassie, had prepared a delicate meal including his favourite dishes. Immediately he thought someone from the office had tipped her off!Next to his plate Michael found a beautiful lettered note. It was from his wife. It read: “Congratulations, my love! I knew you’d get the raise! I prepared this dinner to show just how much I love you. I am so proud of your accomplishments!” He read it and stopped to think about how sensitive and caring Cassie was.After dinner, Michael was on his way to the kitchen to get dessert when he observed that a second card had slipped out of Cassie’s pocket onto the floor. He bent forward to pick it up. It read: “Don’t worry about not getting the raise! You do deserve one! You are a wonderful provider and I prepared this dinner to show you just how much I love you even though you did not get the increase.”Suddenly tears swelled in Michael’s eyes. Total acceptance! Cassie’s support for him was not conditional upon his success at work.The fear of rejection is often softened and we can undergo almost any setback or rejection when we know someone loves us regardless of our success or failure.76. What was Michael’s plan that Friday?A. To find a job with the Braer and Hopkins Advertising Agency.B. To ask for a wage increase from his boss.C. To celebrate his success.D. To ask his boss to come for dinner.77. On his way back home, Michael __________.A. felt weak in the kneesB. was punished by the traffic policemanC. was too anxious to share the news with his wifeD. couldn’t wait to enjoy a meal78. Which of the following statements about the story is FALSE?A. Michael was afraid that his request would lead to a disaster.B. Michael had worked very hard and done his part for the company.C. Michael’s boss agreed to his request.D. One of Michael’s colleagues had told his wife the good news.79.According to the passage, which of the following can best describe Michael’s wife, Cassie?A. Passionate, thoughtful and talented.B. Considerate, generous and reliable.C. Decisive, optimistic and energetic.D. Caring, tolerant and supportive.BSuppose you’re in a rush, felling tired, not paying attention to your screen, and you send an email that could get you in trouble.Realisation will probably set in seconds after you’ve clicked “send”. You freeze in horror and burn with shame.What to do? Here are four common email accidents, and how to recover.Clicking “send” too soonDon’t waste your time trying to find out if the receivers has read it yet. Write another email as swiftly as you can and send it with a brief explaining that this is the correct version and the previous version should be ignored.Writing the wrong nameThe sooner you notice, the better. Respond quickly and briefly, apologizing for your mistake. Keep the tone measured: don’t handle it too lightly, as people can be offended, especially if your error suggests a misunderstanding of their culture(i.e. incorrect ordering of Chinese names).Clicking “reply all” unintentionallyYou accidentally reveal(透露)to the entire company what menu choices you would prefer at the staff Christmas dinner, or what holiday you’d like to take. In this instance, the best solution is to send a quick, light-hearted apology to explain your awkwardness. But it can quickly rise to something worse, when everyone starts hitting “reply all” to join in a long and unpleasant conversation. In this instance, step away from your keyboard to allow everyone to calm down.Sending an offensive message to its subjectThe most awkward email mistake is usually committed in anger. You write an unkind message about someone, intending to send it to a friend, but accidentally send it to the person you’re discussing. In that case, ask to speak in person as soon as possible and say sorry. Explain your frustrations calmly and sensibly—see it as an opportunity to clear up any difficulties you may have with this person.80. After realising an email accident, you are likely to feel _______.A. curiousB. tiredC. awfulD. funny81. If you have written the wrong name in an email, it is best to ________.A. apologise in a serious mannerB. tell the receiver to ignore the errorC. learn to write the name correctlyD. send a short notice to everyone82. What should you do when an unpleasant conversation is started by your “reply all” email?A. Try offering other choices.B. Avoid further involvement.C. Meet other staff members.D. Make a light-hearted apology.83. How should you deal with the problem caused by an offensive email?A. By promising not to offend the receiver again.B. By seeking support from the receiver’s friends.C. By asking the receiver to control his anger.D. By talking to the receiver face to face.COne windy spring day, I observed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Multicolored creations of varying shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds racing and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in check.Instead of blowing away with the wind, they arose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the string and the tail kept them attached, facing upward and against the wind. The kites struggled and kept being dragged behind, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled and trembled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They soared beautifully even as they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose. “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”Yet freedom from restriction simply put it at the mercy of a cruel breeze. It flew ungracefully to the ground and landed in a messed mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerless in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifeless against the first obstruction.How much like kites we sometimes are. The heaven gives us misfortune and limitations, and rules to follow from which we can grow and gain strength. Restriction is a necessary companion to the winds of opposition. Some of us resist the rules so hard that we never soar to reach the heights we might have obtained. We keep part of the order and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.Let us each rise to the great heights, recognizing that some of the restrictions that we may be annoyed at are actually the steadying force that helps us improve and achieve.84. According to paragraph 2, “Let me go!” is said by _______.A. the kiteB. the windC. the birdD. the flyer85. Which of the following words has the meaning closest to the underlined word “obstruction” in paragraph 3?A. destructionB. miracleC. observationD. obstacle86. According to the writer, in what way is man similar to kites?A. Man will never reach the desirable height unless he breaks some rules.B. Man can be empowered by difficulties to go further and higher.C. Man desires freedom but only a few will succeed.D. Man is limited by his surroundings.87. By telling the story of kite flying, the writer wants to share the lesson that _______.A. rules are made to be brokenB. flying a kite involves skills and patienceC. sometimes difficulties can be potential blessingsD. it’s no use complaining about the difficulties we encounterDMassive rubbish dumps and sprawling landfills constitute one of the more uncomfortable impacts that humans have on wildlife. They have led some birds to give up on migration. Instead of flying thousands of miles in search of food, they make the waste sites their winter feeding grounds.Researchers in Germany used miniature GPS tags to track the migrations of 70 white storks (鹳) from different sites across Europe and Asia during the first five months of their lives. While many birds travelled along well-known routes to warmer climates, others stopped short and spent the winter on landfills, feeding on food waste, and the multitudes of insects that thrive on the dumps.In the short-term, the birds seem to benefit from overwintering(过冬) on rubbish dumps. Andrea Flack of the Max Planck Institute found that birds following traditional migration routes were more likely to die than German storks that flew only as far as northern Morocco, and spent the winter there on rubbish dumps. “For the birds it’s a very conveni ent way to get food. There are a lot of organic waste they can feed on,” said Flack. The meals are not particularly delicious, or even safe. Much of the waste is discarded(丢弃的) rotten meat, mixed in with other human debris such as plastic bags and old toys.“It’s very risky. The birds can easily eat pieces of plastic or rubber bands and they can die,” said Flack. “And we don’t know about the long-term consequences. They might eat something poisonous and damage their health. We cannot estimate that yet.”The scientists tracked white storks from different colonies in Europe and Africa. The Russian, Greek and Polish storks flew as far as South Africa, while those from Spain, Tunisia and Germany flew only as far as the Sahel.Landfill sites on the Iberian peninsula have long attracted local white storks, but all of the Spanish birds tagged in the study flew across the Sahara desert to the western Sahel. Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead of migrating to the Sahel.Flack said it was too early to know whether the benefits of plentiful food outweighed the risks of feeding on landfills. But that’s not the only uncertainty. Migrating birds affect ecosystems both at home and at their winter destinations, and disrupting the traditional routes could have unexpected side effects. White storks feed on locusts (蝗虫) and other insects that can become pests if their numbers get out of hand. “They provide a useful service,” said Flack.88. What is the impact of rubbish dumps on wildlife?A. They have forced white storks to search for safer winter shelters.B. They have seriously polluted the places where birds spend winter.C. They have accelerated the reproduction of some harmful insects.D. They have changed the previous migration habits of certain birds.89. What do we learn about birds following the traditional migration routes?A. They can multiply at an accelerating rate.B. They can better pull through the winter.C. They help humans protect insects.D. They are more likely to be at risk of dying.90. What can be inferred about the Spanish birds tagged in the study?A. They gradually lose the habit of migrating in winter.B. They prefer rubbish dumps far away to those at home.C. They are not attracted to the rubbish dumps on their migration routes.D. They join the storks from Germany on rubbish dumps in Morocco.91. What is scientists’ other concern about white storks feeding on landfills?A. The potential harm to the ecosystem.B. The genetic change in the stork species.。

2020年上海市七宝中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案

2020年上海市七宝中学高三英语期中试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AReturns & Refund Guarantee（保证；保证书）The “Returns & Refund Guarantee” is a promise provided by sellers for every item they sell on DHgate. com. When you receive an item that was bought and paid for on our site, and you find it is not as described or isof low quality, you can contact the seller to resolve these problems. DHgate will offer additional assistance if the seller is not cooperative.Scope（范围）The following points should not be included in the “Returns & Refund Guarantee”：▲The seller didn't make any promise.▲The seller can provide evidence to prove the items are as described.▲You didn't contact the seller within the promised time.▲You have released the payment to the seller before asking DHgate for help.Sellers are able to set up the following promises：Returning items for any reasonBuyers can return items for a refund within a specific date which has been set up by sellers, such as 3 days, and 7 days from the day when the items are received. The items' receiving date is the date that is indicated on the shipping carrier's official website. Buyers should prepay any return shipping cost, which will be given back to the buyers after the seller receives the items as long as the items are returned in the same exact condition as when they were delivered.Returns or Refunds accepted if the product has quality issuesBuyers can return the items for a refund when they are not as described or possess quality issues by communicating directly with the seller. The seller is responsible for the return shipping cost.Buyers can get a refund and keep the items when the items are not as described or possess quality issues by negotiating directly with sellers.1.Who can get additional assistance from DHgate in the guarantee?A.The buyers in physical stores.B.The buyers on DHgate. com.C.The sellers on DHgate. com.D.Both the buyers and the sellers.2.Which situation is within the scope of the guarantee?A.The seller didn't make any promise.B.The buyer has paid the seller in advance.C.The buyer asked for help within the promised time.D.The seller proves that there is nothing wrong with the item.3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.Not all the sellers make promises.B.DHgate sometimes will pay the buyers.C.Sellers should prepay return shipping cost.D.The buyer can't keep the items after getting a refund.BEven as Google plans to test its fleet (车队) of self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business model remains abit of a mystery. By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally, according to a study by an industry research firm.“Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions of people,” said Chris Urmson, director of Google’s self-driving car project. For now, Google has no plans to sell any of its self-driving cars. They are strictly for research. But they will hit public roads this summer near Google’s headquarters inMountain View,California. Previous testing has taken place only on closed courses.The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel, accelerator (油门) or brake pedal. “Our software and sensors do all the work,” Urmson said. “The vehicles will be very basic — we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible — but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button.” The prototype (雏形) is the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.In the long run, Urmson sees a future of safer roads — the majority of auto accidents are caused by human error — and fewer traffic jams. Robotic cars could also shuttle people who can’t drive because of age or illness.Google has said that self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use of vehicles they don’t own. The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets, including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles, under a special permit program by the California Department of Motor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.The state has issued six other companies permits to operate such cars, includingDelphi, Mercedes-Benz,Volkswagen, Tesla, Bosch and Nissan. The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will have removable steering wheels, accelerators and brake pedals to allow “safety drivers” to take control if needed.4. According to Chris Urmson, __________.A. self-driving cars can give driving orders to humansB. self-driving cars are specially designed for the elderlyC. software and sensors are vital for self-driving carsD. ordinary vehicles will be replaced by self-driving cars5. Paragraph 4 is meant to tell us that __________.A. many traffic accidents are caused by human errorB. some people can’t drive because of illness or ageC. Urmson has promised to create safer roads in the futureD. self-driving cars will probably help to make safer roads and decrease traffic jams6. The underlined word “issued” in the last paragraph can probably bereplaced by__________.A. givenB. claimedC. awardedD. prohibited7. What’s the author’s attitude towards self-driving cars?A. Objective.B. Indifferent.C. Subjective.D. Favorable.CEven as Google plans to test its fleet (车队) of self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business model remains abit of a mystery. By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally, according to a study by an industry research firm.“Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions of people,” said Chris Urmson, director of Google’s self-driving car project. For now, Google has no plans to sell any of its self-driving cars. They are strictly for research. But they will hit public roads this summer near Google’s headquarters inMountain View,California. Previous testing has taken place only on closed courses.The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel, accelerator (油门) or brake pedal. “Our software and sensors do all the work,” Urmson said. “The vehicles will be very basic — we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible — but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button.” The prototype (雏形) is the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.In the long run, Urmson sees a future of safer roads — the majority of auto accidents are caused by human error — and fewer traffic jams. Robotic cars could also shuttle people who can’t drive because of age or illness.Google has said that self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use of vehicles they don’t own. The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets, including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles, under a special permit program by the California Department of Motor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.The state has issued six other companies permits to operate such cars, includingDelphi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Tesla, Bosch and Nissan. The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will have removable steering wheels, accelerators and brake pedals to allow “safety drivers” to take control if needed.8. According to Chris Urmson, __________.A. self-driving cars can give driving orders to humansB. self-driving cars are specially designed for the elderlyC. software and sensors are vital for self-driving carsD. ordinary vehicles will be replaced by self-driving cars9. Paragraph 4 is meant to tell us that __________.A. many traffic accidents are caused by human errorB. some people can’t drive because of illness or ageC. Urmson has promised to create safer roads in the futureD. self-driving cars will probably help to make safer roads and decrease traffic jams10. The underlined word “issued” in the last paragraph can probably bereplaced by__________.A. givenB. claimedC. awardedD. prohibited11. What’s the author’s attitude towards self-driving cars?A. Objective.B. Indifferent.C. Subjective.D. Favorable.DIn the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact（影响）on the environment. After all, you were jumping into your car, driving across town, coughing out emissions（产生排放）and using gas all the way. But now that we're used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a littleproud. After all, we're just picking up our phones and maybeturning on the TV. You're welcome. Mother Nature.Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shift Project. According to "Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video", digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Watching a half-hour show would cause 1. 6 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions. That's like driving 6. 28 kilometers. And in the European Union, the Eureca project found that data centers（where videos are stored）there used 25% more energy in 2017 compared to just three years earlier, reports the BBC.Streaming is only expected to increase as webecome more enamored ofour digital devices（设备）and the possibility of enjoying entertainment where and when we want it increases. Online video use is expected to increase by four times from 2017 to 2022 and account for 80% of all Internet traffic by 2022. By then, about 60% of the world's population will be online.You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there're things you can do to help lessen the impact of your online use, experts say. For example, according to Lutz Stobbe, a researcher from the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, we have no need to upload 25 pictures of the same thing to the cloud because it consumes energy every time. If instead you delete a few things here and there, you can save energy. Moreover, it's also a good idea to stream over Wi-Fi, watch on the smallest screen you can, and turn off your Wi-Fi in your home if you're not using your devices.12. What topic is the first paragraph intended to lead in?A. The environmental effects of driving private cars.B. The improvements on environmental awareness.C. The change in the way people seek entertainment.D The environmental impacts of screaming services.13. What does the underlined phrase become more enamored of" in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Get more skeptical of.B. Become more aware of.C. Feel much crazier about.D. Get more worried about.14. What can we infer about the use of streaming services?A. It is being reduced to protect the planet.B. Its environmental effects are worsening.C. It is easily available to almost everyone.D. Its side effects have drawn global attention.15. Which of the following is the most environmentally-friendly?A. Watching downloaded movies on a mobile phone.B. Downloading music on a personal computer.C. Uploading a lot of images of the same thing.D. Playing online games over mobile networks.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

上海市七宝中学2020-2021学年高三上期中考试英语试题含答案

上海市七宝中学2020-2021学年高三上期中考试英语试卷满分：140分I. Listening Comprehension (25’)Section ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. She earned an award. B. She helped plan the award ceremony.C. She should work more for the community.D. She served as chairperson of the committee.2. A. Exchange the tickets. B. Take care of his cold.C. Watch the game at home.D. Wear a warmer coat to the game.3. A. She collects pictures of cars. B. She likes the design of the car.C. Someone famous is riding in the car.D. The car is in front of something interesting.4. A. She hears a new post office has just opened. B. She doesn’t know where the post office is.C. She thinks the post office is nearby.D. She hasn’t received any mail yet.5. A. Get his shower fixed. B. Take a shower at the gym.C. Find out when the gym is open.D. Move to another building.6. A. Deliver the package in person. B. Pick up the package at the post office.C. Ask to have the package delivered to his home.D. Find out the opening hours of the post office.7. A. She is difficult to find. B. She is a good doctor.C. She used to be his doctor.D. She is fairly old.8. A. She needs to buy a new coat. B. Her coat is similar to the man’s.C. Her sweater is not warm enough.D. The man should have worn a sweater.hasn’t been graded.received a low grade.C. The committee is discussing it.D. The woman hasn’t submitted it.10. A. He recently spent a month in Chicago. B. There are many things to do in Chicago.C. Chicago is an expensive place to have funD. He is also going on the trip next month.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked to questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Collect second-hand books. B. Sell old books.C. Work in a supermarket.D. Reading books in a supermarket.had the writer’s name on was partly destroyed.used to belong to was more valuable than thought.13. A. He gave it to the woman for free. B. He burnt it into ashes.C. He signed his own name on it.D. He wrote a story about it.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.14. A. Shoes made for one particular customer.B. Shoes that take three months to make.C. Shoes designed by some famous companies.D. Shoes that have been popular for a century.15. A. They are beginning to make women’s shoes. B. They are increasing in number.C. They are old-fashioned.D. They are large enough.16. A. They bring wearers a great fortune.B. They, together with the wearers, are unique.C. The wearers live in the same way as 100 years ago.D. The wearers like things that can last.Section CDirections: In Section C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear the conversation, you are required to answer the following questions.17. A. Back-up devices for electricity failure.B. The necessity of electricity in daily life.C. Tips for a safe electricity supply.D. Electricity supply on aero-planes.18. A. 20 percent. B.13 percent. C. 5 percent. D. 3 percent.19. A. It must be reliable and supplied at a constant speed.B. It must be able to repair itself in case of any failure.C. It must vary in rate according to how fast a plane flies.D. It must be equal to the amount of electricity consumed by 15 homes.20. A. Charge on-board batteries. B. Keep vital systems working.C. Deliver 50 kilowatts of power.D. Provide on-board patients with help.II. Grammar and vocabulary (20’)Section ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper from of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.American Mikah Meyer has an unusual goal. He wants to visit all of the more than 400 properties operated by the National Park Service.He spent January 2017 visiting historic areas in the southeastern United States.One of his first stops was Fort Sumter, 21________ former military position in waters just off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is famous for being the place where the first shot of the Civil War 22________(fire). It is also 23________ the first person killed in the conflict died.After years of rising tensions between Northern and Southern states, the two sides clashed in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861. That was when the Southern army launched an artillery attack on Fort Sumter. Federal troops surrendered the fort a short time later. Union forces eventually fought 24________(regain) control of the base, and defeated the South in 1865. A lone cannon symbolizes the fierce battle that took place on April 12, 1861, when Confederate artillery opened fire on this federal fort in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, marking it 25________ the day when the Civil War began.As he stood inside the large walls of Fort Sumter National Monument, Mikah Meyer looked across the water to the port at Charleston. He imagined what the area must have looked like more than a century and half ago. "You'll see across that bridge, Charleston, South Carolina. It was under siege at one point for 17 months. There were cannons that 26________ fire from where I'm standing on the fort all the way to the old town..." Meyer also visited the Charles Pinckney National Historic Site in South Carolina. There he had a chance to learn about Charles Pinckney, who helped write – and was a signer of -- the U.S. Constitution. Charles Pinckney was 29 years old when he helped draft the United States Constitution, 27________ he signed as a representative of South Carolina. He dedicated his considerable political and legal talents to 28________(establish) a strong national government. "Some people call him our forgotten founding father, but he was a political figure of early America who helped shape 29________ our eventual constitution ended up looking like..." The National Park Service helps care for what remains of Pinckney's former home and farm. Park service workers tell the stories of 18th- century plantation life for free and enslaved people.During his travels in January, Meyer had a surprise. Barack Obama, in his last few days as president, named a new national park site in Beaufort, just southof Charleston. It is called the Reconstruction Era National Monument. The Reconstruction Era National Monument will help tell the story of post-Civil war America.The Reconstruction Era 30________(stretch) from 1861 to 1898. It was a period when Americans struggled with the treatment of newly freed African Americans. The new national monument will help tell that story.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Dear Colleagues,It is good to join you. Let me begin by expressing my sincere appreciation to His Majesty King Salman and Saudi Arabia for having done tremendous work of communication and coordination to make this summit possible. Facing the COVID-19 outbreak that caught us all by 31________, the Chinese government and Chinese people have been undaunted as we took on this formidable task. From day one of our fight against the outbreak, we have put people's life and health first. We have acted according to the overall 32________ of shoring up confidence, strengthening unity, ensuring science-based control and treatment and imposing targeted measures. We have 33________ the whole nation, set up collective control and treatment mechanisms and acted with openness and transparency. What we fought was a people's war against the outbreak. We have put up a strenuous struggle and made tremendous sacrifices. Now the situation in China is moving steadily in a positive direction. Life and work are quickly returning to normal. Yet, there is no way we will lower our guard or relax control.At the most difficult moment in our fight against the outbreak, China received assistance and help from a lot of members of the global 34________. Such expressions of friendship will always be remembered and cherished by the Chinese people.Major infectious disease is the enemy of all. As we speak, the COVID-19 outbreak is spreading worldwide, 35________ enormous threat to life and health and bringing formidable challenge to global public health security. The situation is disturbing and 36________. At such a moment, it is imperative for the international community to strengthen confidence, act with unity and work together in a collective response. We must 37________ step up international cooperation and foster greater synergy so that humanity as one could win the battle against such a major infectious disease.For that to happen, I would like to put forth four proposals.First, we need to be 38________ in fighting an all-out global war against the COVID-19 outbreak. The community of nations must move swiftly to stem the spread of the virus. In this regard, I propose that a G20 health ministers' meeting be convened as quick as possible to improve information sharing, strengthen cooperation on drugs, vaccines and epidemic control, and cut off cross-border infections. G20 members need to jointly help developing countries with weak public health systems enhance preparedness and response. I propose a G20 COVID-19 assistance 39________ for better information sharing and policy and action coordination with the support of the World Health Organization. Guided by the vision of building a community with a shared future for mankind, China will be more than ready to share our good practices, conduct joint research and development of drugs and vaccines, and provide assistance where we can to countries 40________ by the growing outbreak. (excerpt)III. Reading Comprehension (45’)Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank w ith the word or phrase that best fits the context.Economy rebounding after dropChina's economy experienced a sharp decline in the first quarter due to disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus outbreak, but major economic indicators improved substantially in March, indicating the country's recovery has gained a firmer footing, officials and economists said on Friday.Supportive government policies are expected to intensify in the coming quarters to expand 41________ demand by stimulating investment and consumption as the global spread of the virus may bring more headwinds to the world's second-largest economy.China's GDP in the first quarter 42________ by 6.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.43________ it remains unclear whether the government will still set a GDP growth target for the year, economists said China's policy priority for the next step needs to focus on stimulating demand and stabilizing employment to 44________ a sustainable economic recovery.More proactive fiscal policies and more accommodative monetary policies are needed to prevent the economy from experiencing a second wave of 45________ caused by the global economic downturn amid the COVID-19 outbreak, they added.The country's industrial production shrank by 8.4 percent year-on-year(与上年同期相比) in the first quarter, but the decline narrowed from a 13.5 percent drop in the first two months, according to the NBS.Fixed-asset investment, which includes infrastructure and real estate investment, declined by 16.1 percent year-on-year during the first quarter, compared with a 24.5 percent plunge in the first two months.The outbreak created a severe 46________ to the country's economy in the first quarter, but major economic 47________ rebounded in March and the country's economic performance will improve further in the second quarter, NBS spokesman Mao Shengyong said at a news 48________ in Beijing on Friday.The government will 49________ policy support to expand domestic demand by increasing effective investment and releasing consumption 50________. More tax relief and financial aid will be offered to businesses to help them 51________ production and make it through the difficult times, Mao said.The Chinese stock market rose on Friday with the benchmark(基准) Shanghai Composite Index(综合指标) up by 0.66 percent to close at 2,838.49 points as the first-quarter economic shrink was 52________ in line with investors' expectations.Lian Ping, chief economist at Zhixin Investment, said the government needs to intensify policy support to prevent the economy from suffering one more time from the global economic downturn and possible collapse of 53________ demand.Chinese companies, including exporters, have seen an increase in 54________ of orders. While most large enterprises have started production again, according to NBS calculations, many smaller companies are still struggling to go back to work under rising financial difficulties and 55________ shortages."As overseas demand is shrinking dramatically, China's policy focus in the future should be on expanding domestic demand, and consumption is the most important area. More favorable policies are needed to stimulate consumption in durable goods including houses and automobiles," Lian said.41.A.social B.overseas C.agricultural D.domestic42.A.increased B.contrasted C.expanded D.contracted43.A.However B.Since C.While D.Because44.A.facilitate ern C. restrain D.transform45.A.outbreaks B. disruptions C. pandemics D.benefits46.A.blow B.recovery C.mobility D.resilience47.A.measures B.implications C.indicators D.symbols48.A.agency B.conference C.reporter D.exposure49.A.make up B.step up C.cover up D.bring up50.A.order B.accommodation C.potential D.implementation51.A.expand B.inspect C.evaluate D.resume52.A.broadly B.specifically C.initially D.elaborately53.A.internal B.external C.supply D.food54.A.alternatives B.applications C.cancellations plaints55.A.management B.fund C. supervision borSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.AFamily violence and abuse prevention strategies are focused at three levels: the general population, specific groups thought to be at high risk for abuse, and families who have already experienced abuse. Public education and media campaigns aimed at the general population convey the criminal nature of domestic assault, suggest ways to prevent abuse, and identify where abuse victims can get help. However, to prevent or reduce family violence, education, elements of American culture that contribute to such violence must change. For example, violence in the media must be controlled or eliminated, and traditional gender roles and views of women and children as property must be replaced with egalitarian gender roles and respect for women and children.Another cultural change is to reduce violence-related stress by reducing poverty and unemployment and by providing adequate housing, nutrition, media care, and educational opportunities for everyone. Though programs such as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) were not designed to pr event domestic violence and abuse, “they provide important assistance to low income families and thus support the functioning of these families.” Integrating families into networks of community would also enhanc e family’s well-being and provide support for families under stress.What social interventions are available for families that are already experiencing abuse or neglected? Abused women and children may seek relief at a shelter or a safe house for abused women and children with housing, food, counseling services, legal assistance, employment assistance, and an environment that empowers women byencouraging them to make independent choices about their abusive relationships and about their future. Shelters also provide a communal living situation with other abused women, which reduces the sense of isolation and helps the women express their anger and overcome feelings of guilt and inadequacy. An alternative to shelter is a safe house, a private home of individuals who volunteer to provide temporary housing to abused women who decide to leave their violent homes. Battered men are not allowed to stay at women’s shelters, but many shelters help abused men by providing money for a motel room, counseling, and support services.56. The word “egalitarian” in the first paragraph most probably means “_______”.A. relating to economicsB. relating to everyday eventsC. having to do with legal contractsD. having to do with equal treatment57.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage as a way to directly reduce violence infamilies?A. Cutting down on violence in the mediaB. the AFDC programC. Reducing unemploymentD. Strengthening family ties58. According to the passage, which of the following statements does the writer seem to support?A. Providing women more wealth can largely reduce family abuse.B. Laws must be passed to prevent family abuse.C. Unfair attitude towards women is the only cause of family abuse.D. Women should be equally paid.59. The last paragraph is organized by ____.A. listing the order of events in helping abused womenB. defining the term “safe house”C. discussing the effects of family violenceD. listing social interventions available to help the abusedBMagical Harry Potter CompetitionHow to enterSimply draw your Patronus(保护神）in the postcard-sized space below. It’s entirely up to you which creature you decide to draw. Just make sure you tell us what it is. Then fill in all the details on the form and send the whole thing to us at My Patronus, The Week Junior magazine, 31-32 Alfred Place, London, WC1E 7DP. Alternatively, you can scan your entry form and email it to competiton@, using the subject header MY PATRONUS. Your entry must reach us no later than June 2020.The entries will be judged by a panel that includes artist Levi Pinfold — who illustrates the house editions of the Harry Potter books; Emily Drabble from the charity BookTrust; and AnnaBassi, editor-in-chief of The Week Junior. Winners will be announced in The Week Junior issueOne lucky overall winner will receive a huge bundle of Harry Potter prizes including:* A family ticket to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London -The Making of Harry Potter (including up to £100 of train vouchers and up to £250 for accommodation).Y ou’ll be able to step onto authentic sets，discover the magic behind spellbinding special effects and explore the behind-the-scenes secrets of the Harry Potter film series, located at the studios where it all began.* A personalized Hogwarts house trunk full of goodies from your chosen house.* A set of the first three Harry Potter novels in hardback in your house livery, illustrated by Levi Pinfold.* A limited-edition print of artwork from the house editions, signed by artist Levi Pinfold.* Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban hardback illustrated edition signed by Kim Kay.The winner’s school will get:* Hardback editions of all seven Harry Potter novels, with cover illustrations by Jonny Duddle.* Hardback illustrated editions of the first three Harry Potter books, illustrated by Jim Kay.* The Tales of Beedle the Bard illustrated edition by Chris Riddell.* A year's subscription to The Week Junior.Runners-up* Nine runners-up will each receive a set of the first three hardback house editions in your Hogwarts house livery. Their school will get a complete set of Harry Potter hardbacks with cover illustrations by Jonny Duddle, and a year's subscription to The Week Junior.60. To enter for the competition, participants must_________ .A. send the completed form to charity BookTrustB. draw and describe their chosen PatronusC. purchase a complete set of Harry Potter seriesD. agree to subscribe to The Week Junior for a year61. What will the winner's school and the runners-up’ schools get?A. The renewal of magazine subscription.B. A set of Harry Potter novels.C. A personalized Hogwarts house trunk.D. Books illustrated by Jim Kay.62. Which of the following is TRUE about the competition?A. The judges of the competition are illustrators and editors by profession.B. The winner list will be announced no later than June 2020.C. One lucky winner can visit the Harry Potter movie sets with his/her family.D. First prize winner may win an award of up to £350 for accommodation.CGreat work is work that makes a difference in people’s lives, writes David Sturt, Executive Vice Pre sident of the O.C. Tanner Institute, in his book Great Work: How to Make a Difference People Love. Sturt insists, however, that great work is not just for surgeons or special-needs educators or the founders of organizations trying to eliminate poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The central theme of Great Work, according to Sturt, is that anyone can make a difference in any job. It’s not the nature of the job, but what you do with the jo b that counts. As proof, Sturt tells the story of a remarkable hospital cleaner named Moses.In a building filled with doctors and nurses doing great life-saving work, Moses the cleaner makes a difference. Whenever he enters a room, especially a room with a sick child, he engages both patients and parentswith his optimism and cal m, introducing himself to the child and, Sturt writes, speaking “little comments about light and sunshine and making things clean.” He comments on any progress he sees day by day (“you’re sitting up today, that’s good.”) Moses is no doctor and doesn’t pret end to be, but he has witnessed hundreds of sick children recovering from painful surgery, and parents take comfort from his encouraging words. For Matt and Mindi, whose son McKay was born with only half of a heart, Moses became a close friend. As Sturt ex plains, “Moses took his innate (与生俱来的) talents (his sensitivity) and his practical wisdom (from years of hospital experience) and combined them into a powerful form of patient and family support that changed the critical-care experience for Mindi, Matt and little McKay.”How do people like Moses do great work when so many people just work? That was the central question raised by Sturt and his team at the O.C. Tanner Institute, a consulting company specialized in employee recognition and rewards system.O.C. Tanner launched an exhaustive Great Work study that included surveys to 200 senior executives, a further set of surveys to 1,000 managers and employees working on projects, an in-depth qualitative study of 1.7 million accounts of award-winning work (in the form of nominations (提名) for awards from corporations around the world), and one-on-one interviews with 200 difference makers. The results of the study revealed that those who do great work refuse to be defeated by the constraints of their jobs and are especially able to reframe their jobs: they don’t view their jobs as a list of tasks and responsibilities but see their jobs as opportunities to make a difference. No matter, as Moses so ably exemplifies (例证), what that job may be.63. According to Sturt, which of the following is TRUE?A. It’s not the nature of the job, but what you do that makes a difference.B. Anyone in the world is responsible to delete poverty and change the world.C. Anyone can make a difference in people’s lives no matter what kind of job he does.D. Surgeons, special-needs educators and founders of organizations can succeed more easily.64. According to this passage, how does Moses, a common hospital cleaner, make adifference in people’s lives?A. By keeping optimistic and calm when facing patients and their parents at hospital.B. By showing his special gift and working experience when working at hospital.C. By showing his sympathy and kindness to patients when entering their rooms.D. By pretending to be a doctor or nurse when entering a room with a sick child.65. The word “constraints” in the last paragraph probably refers to ______.A.demandsB. advantagesC. disadvantagesD. limitations66. What can we infer from the passage?A. Great work is work that makes a difference in people’s lives no matter what you do.B. If a boss has trouble recognizing his employees, he can ask O.C. Tanner for advice.C. Moses makes a difference through his sensitivity and his practical wisdom.D. Those who do great work are never defeated by others or their jobs themselves.Section CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each Sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A. The simplicity masks deeper layers.B. This is the Mario those who grew up with Nintendo know best.C. Yes, you really can play one-handed.Mario on an iPhone? It worksThis was not supposed to happen. For years, fans had tried to persuade Nintendo, a Japanese company, to put Mario on smartphones. 67___________________________________. Until Dec. 15, when Nintendo released Super Mario Run, for Apple iPhones and iPads. The bigger surprise? Super Mario Run is excellent.68___________________________________________. He is still the plumber who dashes from left to right across fields of grassy blocks, rivers of coins and so on. The difference is that Mario moves automatically as soon as a level loads, animated by an algorithm. Instead of controlling Mario directly, players tap to interrupt his motion and make more imaginative choices. A quick rap (连续敲击) makes Mario hop, while a longer one boosts him twice as high. If you need to clear a crack, tap midair and he’ll pirouette (竖趾旋转) , flying a bit further. It’s intuitive.69_________________________________________. Tap near a wall or when landing on blocks painted with reverse arrows, for instance, and Mario springs backward, letting you break the game’s one-wayness. It’s smart, less-is-more design that plays to the strengths of touchscreen gaming without sacrificing precision. For all its hesitance in embracing smartphones and tablets, Nintendo seems to have had no trouble designing software for them.There is one fairly serious problem with Super Mario Run: the game works only with an active Internet connection. Sever(断绝) that and the game throws up an error screen. 70____________________________________. This means you can’t play Super Mario Run on a plane without paying for wi-fi. You’re out of luck for the part of your subway commute that involves cell-service dropouts.Other than that, Super Mario Run impresses in ways sure to convince that designing games on smartphones is still a rapidly evolving—and improving—art form.第II 卷I．Summary (10’)Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.EnvyIt’s a familiar but uncomfortable feeling. Your best friend will marry a handsome doctor, and the congratulatory hug you offer lacks genuine warmth. Your friend is made the t eam for Saturday’s big game, and you take a certain pleasure in telling him you can’t be there to watch him play. You smile but a voice in your head asks, why them and not you?Envy is a shortcoming of character we like to keep in our heart secretly. How shameful is it not to be looking forward with delight to your day as your best friend's bridesmaid! Who would hope your friend might suffer some injury, so you can take his place on the team?Envy is everywhere. It seems to be in our nature to hate others' gifts and good fortune, especially if we see them as advantages they shouldn't have.Envy raises its ugly head when we focus on what we want but we don’t possess now. Worse still, we may even wish for and take pleasure in someone's losing what we have always desired. When you compare yourself and your life unfavorably with your friend or your colleague, you can only keep your darker emotions.So, is there a solution? Is there anything you can do to get rid of this most ungenerous emotion? Well, why not make envy the motivation you need for self-improvement? The best weapon against envy is not to compete where you can’t shine, but to do your absolute best where you can.Start by making peace with yourself, and accept the gifts which make you unique. Make an agreement with。

2019-2020学年七宝中学高三上英语期中考试

七宝中学高三上英语期中考试Ⅱ. GrammarDirections: After reading the passage below, fill in he blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blanks with the proper form of the given word; for the blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.When I worked part-time in a local bookstore at my early age -- so easily - pictured, if you do not work in one, as a kind of paradise where not only [21] ________ one read his own favorite books but also encounter charming young ladies (one of my personal fantasies) who browse eternally among Toni Morrison or Ernest Hemingwast thing that chiefly struck me was that really bookish people are a rarity, [22] ________ there are vast numbers of those who consider themselves to be such. Often they will introduce themselves when they enter the bookshop [23] ________ ‘book people’ and insist on telling you that ‘we love books’. They will wear T-shirts or carry bags with slogans explaining exactly how much they think they adore books. It is clear that the was they dress themselves is quite similar to that of us bookish people, but that is [24] ________ the similarities between them and us begin and end. And [25] ________ (sure) means of identifying them is that they never, ever buy books.These days it is so rare that I find time to read that, when I do, it feels like indulgence, more so than any, other sensory experience. When an important relationship in my twenties [26] ________ (break) up the only thing I could do was to read, and I amassed a pile of books [27] ________ ________ I sank and escaped from the world around me and inside me. The landscapes of Y u Hua, Wang Shou, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Harper Lee and others protected me from my own thoughts, which were pushed into the background, where[28]________ could silently process without bothering me. I created a physical wall on my desk,[29] ________ (make) from the books, and as I read them the wall slowly came down until it was gone.In a more real sense, books are the best way in which one enriches his own life and the enormous numbers of them out there in the world excite me, especially when I visit second-hand bookstores with no intention [30] ________ (search) for a certain book. It is like casting a net and never knowing what you will find when you gather it in. As Goglo put in it in Dead Souls: “Once, long ago, in the years of my youth, in the years of my childhood, which have flashed irretrievably（不能挽回地）by, it was a joy for me to drive for the very first time to a place unknown.”Ⅱ. V ocabularyDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only by used once. Do note that there is one word more than you need.attention to themselves and I am one of them. All my life, I have been trying very hard to avoid developing any permanent [31] ________ with anyone. I manage it by intentionally minimizing my interaction with people around me to the lowest possible extent. I have been a man who slips away, in the way lovers leave chaos, the way thieves leave [32] ________ houses. Some people might call it social phobia（社交恐惧症）and consider it a huge problem that needs to be resolved. But truth he told, I kind of enjoy this sense of rootlessness, knowing there will be less [33] ________ on me.It seems I am always attached to the good [34] ________ of life but detached from life itself. It’s just like reading one of those well-received travel books. One only gets the chance to read all the fascinating stories accompanied with [35] ________ beautiful sights. Therefore, one’s ideas and expectations of travel have been built up unrealistically. But when one gets his own chance to go travelling, he suddenly finds out it is not like that because travelling can be, and most of the time, will be filled with all those meaningless and disappointing trivia（琐事）. And that’s how after a few [36] ________ attempts one starts to prefer reading travel books to travelling.It also began to [37] ________ on me that real life is a woman too good-looking for me. It’s a voyage too long, book too lavishly-illustrated, so I don’t have the courage to step into it. But when entering a book of stories, I know I can emerge from it feeling I have been immersed in the lives of others, in plots that [38] ________ in their own unique ways, my body full of sentences and[39] ________ as if awaking from sleep with a heaviness caused by unremembered dreams.I don’t think I can or need to find a panacea（灵丹妙药）for my “problem” and of course, I don’t expect others to offer help. In most cases, when one takes in another man’s poison, [40] ________ imagining he can cure him by sharing it, one will instead end up storing it within. So as long as I can live in peace and harmony with my weirdness, this very weirdness is something I would like to cherish rather than get rid ofⅡ. Cloze /The May Fourth Movement 1919 - 2019Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.At the end of the First World War, in 1918. China was convinced it would be able to reclaim the territories occupied by the Germans in present-day Shandong Province. After all, it hadfought along with the Allies. However it was not to be. The warlord government of the day had [41] ________ struck a deal with the Japanese, offering the German colonies in return for financial support. The Allies, [42] ________, acknowledged Japan’s territorial claims in China. When it became known in China in April 1919 that the negotiations over the Treaty of Versailles（凡尔赛条约）would not [43] ________ China’s claims, it gave rise to a movement that might be considered even more revolutionary than the one that ended the Empire.In the course of this May Fourth Movement, some 5,000 students from Peking University hit the streets to [44] ________ the Versailles Treaty. But more was at stake than Japan’s grabbing of land. When one considers the 1911 Revolution as a mere regime（政体）change, it become clear that the numerous popular demands for modernization had not been satisfied yet.The May Fourth Movement was part cultural revolution, part [45] ________ movement. On the cultural side , the students had been inspired in the preceding two decades by Western thought, creating a feeling of frustration and [46] ________ with Chinese tradition. In the intellectual ferment （酝酿/骚动）that resulted from this, answers were sought for the questions why and how China had lagged behind the West. The negative influences of traditional morality, the clan（宗族）system and Confucianism were seen as the main causes. China in its shaky state could only be cured by “Two Doctors”: Doctor Science（赛先生）and Doctor Democracy（德先生）.At the same time, intellectuals untied in the New Culture Movement attempted to make Chinese culture more [47] ________ to social groups beyond the traditional scholar-officials. To this end, they advocated a Literary Revolution, in which wenyan, the ossified（僵化的）system of [48] ________ language, was to be replaced by a system based on conversational language, the so-called baihua. Hu Shi is one of the scholars who [49] ________ with this movement, and meanwhile Lu Xun is seen as one of the most productive practitioners of this type of writing that came into [50] ________ in the 1920s.The social aspects of May Fourth consisted of attempts to free the Chinese woman, although this was often limited to movements to bring foot-binding to a halt. Nonetheless, in the cities newly [51] ________ women, modern girls who had been educated, became a loud voice for further changes.May Fourth is seen as a critical [52] ________ for the founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Before 1919, there was hardly any interest in what was happening in Russia. After May Fourth, Marxism was seen as a [53] ________ revolutionary ideology for a predominantly agricultural society such as China still was.Even today, May Fourth functions as a point of [54] ________ for China. The Party may interpret the events of 1919 as being brought about by its earliest members, and it may turn Lu Xun into the Marxist writer he would refuse to be, but the fact [55] ________ that May Fourth truly set China on its revolutionary path.41. A. firmly B. suddenly C. immediately D. secretly42. A. on the other hand B. for instance C. on the contrary D. with no exception43. A. challenge B. honor C. withdraw D. investigate44. A. agree on B. draw up C. demonstrate against D. adhere to45. A. political B. democratic C. social D. revolutionary46. A. contentment B. dissatisfaction C. interconnection D. identification47. A. accessible B. modernized C. complex D. appealing48. A. written B. non-verbal C. informal D. dead49. A. debated B. parted C. disagreed D. identified50. A. effect B. being C. power D. fortune51. A. engaged B. divorced C. liberated D. widowed52. A. burden B. accelerator C. message D. handbrake53. A. superficial B. unrealistic C. applicable D. imperfect54. A. departure B. difference C. interest D. reference55. A. alters B. denies C. overstates D. remainsⅡ. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)As the sun set he remembered, to give himself more confidence, the time in the tavern at Casablanca when he had played the hand game with the great negro from Cienfuegos who was the strongest man on the docks. They had gone one day and one night with their elbows on a chalk line on the table and their forearms straight up and their hands gripped tight. Each one was trying to force the other’s hand down onto the table. There was much betting and people went in and out of the room under the kerosene lights and he had looked at the arm and hand of the negro and at the negro’s face. They changed the referees every four hours after the first eight so that the referees could sleep. Blood came out from under the finger-nails of both his and the negro’s hands and they looked each other in the eye and at their hands and forearms and the bettors went in and out of the room and sat on high chairs against the wall and watched. The walls were painted bright blue and were of wood and the lamps threw their shadows against them. The negro’s shadow was huge and it moved on the wall as the breeze moved the lamps.The odds would change back and forth all night and they fed the negro rum and lighted cigarettes for him. Then the negro, after the rum, would try for a tremendous effort and once he had the old man, who was not an old man then but was Santiago El Campeon, nearly three inches off balance. But the old man had raised his hand up to dead even again. He was sure then that he had the negro, who was a fine man and a great athere, beaten. And at daylight when the bettors were asking that it be called a draw and the referee was shaking his head, he had unleashed his effort andforced the hand of the negro down and down until it rested on the wood. The match had started on a Sunday morning and ended on a Monday morning.Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company.Otherwise everyone would have wanted it to go to a finish. But he had finished it anyway and before anyone had to go to work.For a long time after that everyone had called him The Champion and there had been a return match in the spring. But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match. After that he had a few matches and then no more. He decided that he could beat anyone if he wanted to badly enough and he decided that it was bad for his right hand for fishing. He had tried a few practice matches with his left hand. But his left hand had always been a traitor and would not do what he called on it to do and he did not trust it.Quoted from The Old Man and the Sea written by Ernest Hemingway56. Since the old man is the main character, in the hand game, why does Hemingway put more efforts in describing his opponent the negro?A. Because Hemingway himself is an anti-racist who wants to support the colored race.B. By doing so, he indirectly shows how strong and determined the old man is to readers.C. he shifts readers’ attention to a new character to neutralize the nervous atmosphere.D. There is no need to describe the old man because he is well-known to all readers.57. What does the underlined word “unleashed” in paragraph 2 mean?A. spareB. restrictC. reduceD. loose58. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Many bettors were afraid of losing their money so they wanted to call the game a draw.B. The old man had owed his victory over the negro more to his will than to his strength.C. The referee had been convinced by the bettors that the game be considered a draw.D. Regular hand games should be a good practice to enhance the old man’s fishing skills.59. What can be inferred from the whole passage?A. The old man could have ended the game earlier but he had withheld his power.B. Many workers working on the decks had showed no respect towards the old man.C. The old man had to self-feed himself a lot so as to stay competitive in the game.D. The negro was not as strong and athletic as the old man had expected him to be.(B)Fifty four years ago, young Quentin entered this world. “Action!” he must have yelled then to his mum. When he was two, his whole family moved to Los Angeles, and before Quentin Tarantino turned a teenager, he had already seen more movies than most people . In his twenties he started working at the Manhattan Beach Video Archives, where he made some important friendships and tried his hand at making a first movie. It would take another few years until he would sell the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers, and shortly after go on and conquer the film festival circuit in a storm with Reservoir Dogs. And so it began ...With Pulp Fcition, QT finally turned Hollywood upside-down for good, and established himself as, what they would then call, an “enfant terrible” of the new film-making community. to this day, Pulp Fiction counts as a completely original masterpiece, that sometimes even to his most loyal fans he has not matched again. After Jackie Brown, he took a pause for a while, not turning out a major motion picture until Kill Bill. Kill Bill turned into an epic, and manifested director Tarantino as the truly great filmmaker, opening the eyes of millions among the younger generations to lost classics, foreign cult cinema and the wild world of exploitation film.Then in 2007, he made Grindhouse together with his long time friend Robert Rodriguez. The movie was well-received among critics, but was a financial disaster. Tarantino has talked about a war movie for many years, but not until 2008 did any of those rumors come together, when he announced that he had in fact finally finished a script for Inglourious Basterds, a massive war epic. The movie went into production that same year, starring Brad Pitt in the leading role. It was a huge international success and gathered quite a few awards.In 2011, Tarantino announced the completion of his latest script, a movie about slavery in the old US south of the 1860s, titled Django Unchained. The movie has attracted enormous attention, especially because it stars Jamie Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz, who won an Oscar for his role in Inglourious Basterds, and whose acting talents have been truly recognized. And 2015 marked the release of his 8th film, appropriately titled The Hateful Eight, a post Civil War era Western mystery and thriller.At the age of 54, Quentin Tarantino has recently gone on record saying he will retire some time soon, but all of the movie fans definitely hope the speak of film-making stays strong in his heart of a long time still. Because in a world densely crowded with average filmmakers QT seems to be one of the few who never play it safe.A Salute to Quentin Tarantino60. The underlined phrase “enfant terrible” in paragraph 2 means ________.A. rude and unpleasantB. ordinary but arrogantC. smart but unconventionalD. boring and traditional61. According to the passage, which one of the followings is Right?A. Quentin Tarantino was born and raised in Los Angeles.B. After Jackie Brown, Tarantino shot Kill Bill right away.C. The film Grind-house made in 2007 gained huge profitsD. 2008 witnessed the production of Inglourious Basterds.62. We can infer from the paragraph 4 that ________.A. Tarantino finished his shooting of Django Unchained in 2011.B. Christoph Waltz has at least worked with Tarantino two times.C. The all-star cast helped Django Unchained gain wide publicity.D. The story of The Hateful Eight was set during the Civil War.63. What might be the author’s attitude towards Quentin Tarantino?A. indifferentB. negativeC. neutralD. favorable(C)The rough guide to marketing success used to be that you got what you paid for. No longer. While traditional, “paid” media, such as television commercials and print advertisements, still play a major role, companies today can exploit many alternative forms of media. Consumers passionate about a product may create “earned” media by willingly promoting it to friends, and a company may leverage “owned” media by sending e-mail alerts about products and sales to customers registered with its Web site. The way consumers approach the process of making purchase decisions means that marketing’s impact stems from a broad range of factors beyond conventional paid media.Paid and owned media are controlled by marketers promoting their own products. Forearned media, such marketers act as the initiator for users’ responses. But in some cases, one marketer’s owned media become another marketer’s paid media -- for instance, when an e-commerce retailer sells ad space on its Web site. We define such sold media as owned media whose traffic is so strong that other organizations place their content or e-commerce engines within that environment. This trend, which we believe is still in its infancy, effectively began with retailers and reavel providers such as airlines and hotels and will no doubt go further. Johnson & Johnson, for example, has created Baby Center, a stand-along media property that promotes complementary and even competitive products. Besides generating income, the presence of other marketers makes the site seem objective, gives companies opportunities to learn valuable information about the appeal of other companies marketing, and may help expand user traffic for all companies concerned.The same dramatic technological changes that have provided marketers with more and more diverse communications choices have also increased the risk that passionate consumers will voice their opinions in quicker, more visible, and much more damaging ways. Such hijacked media are the opposite of earned media: an asset or campaign becomes hostage to consumers, other stakeholders, or activists who make negative allegations about a brand or product. Members of social networks, for instance, are learning that they can hijack media to apply pressure on the business that originally created them.If that happens passionate consumers would try to persuade others to boycott products, putting the reputation of the target company at risk. In such a case, the company’s response may not be sufficiently quick or thoughtful, and the learning curve has been steep. Toyota Motor, for example, alleviated some of the damage from its recall crisis earlier this year with a relatively quick and well-orchestrated social-media response campaign, which included efforts to engage with consumers directly on sites such as Twitter and Facebook.64. Consumers mav create “earned” media when they are ________.A. obsessed with online shopping at certain Web sitesB. inspired by product-promoting e-mail sent to themC. eager to help their friends promote quality productsD. enthusiastic about recommending their favorite products.65. The author indicates in Para. 3 that earned media ________.A. invite constant conflicts with passionate consumersB. can be used to produce negative effects in marketingC. may be responsible for fiercer competitionD. deserve all the negative comments about them66. Toyota Motor’s experience is cited as an example of ________.A. responding effectively to hijacked mediaB. persuading customers into boycotting productC. cooperating with supportive consumersD. taking advantage of hijacked mediaSection BDirections: In the article, 4 sentences have been removed. Choose the most suitable ones from the list A- AC to fit into each of the numbered gaps. There are TWO which do not fit in any of the gaps.(D)Usually when you hear the word trilogy in the film world you think about summer blockbusters with massive explosions, aliens or machines destroying earth and morons with enhanced muscles quickly driving expensive cars, but somehow Richard Linklater’s wonderfully touching Before series (Before sunrise, Before Sunset & Before Midnight) has found a way to slip though the cracks.Just like what he did with the first two films, Linklater brings us back into lesse & Celine’s evolving love story an astonishing nine years after the last chapter. [67] ________. And Linklater himself also quickly answers the question to those in the audience wondering if there is still a story left to tell.As is the case with the first two films, Before Midnight feels incredibly real. [68] ________. The three have found a way to write dialogue that is related to every human on the planet. the script is hilarious, but dramatically turns on a dime all while continuing to break the normal rules of Hollywood by being a “talkie” with extremely long scenes and minimal camera angles. Most filmmakers couldn’t even dream of accomplishing what Linklater and the two actors have perfected for the third straight time.Hawke and Delpy are brilliant and a revelation to watch. They embody Jesse & Celine with a realistic persona not found in many other films today. Whether it’s because the two actors helped write their story, or if they’ve just lived inside these characters for so long is hard to say. [69] ________.By showcasing the flaws we all have, Before Midnight isn’t always easy to watch, but its pure honesty makes it one of the best movies to date. [70] ________ . But loyal fans of Jesse & Celine are sure to be pleased by this latest chapter and cannot wait to see what happens in the next 9 years.Ⅱ. SummaryDirections: Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your won words as far as possible.Working overtime has been common for employees in China’s internet sector for many years, but debate about the practice heated up recently after a blacklist of technology companies that push their staff to follow a “996” schedule went viral online.The blacklist is said to have been compiled by current and former employees of technology companies. As of Monday, 84 Chinese companies were on the blacklist, which claims employees are forced to follow a “996” schedule, under which work begins at 9 am and finishes at 9 am, six days a week.“ If it’s ‘work more, pay more’ model, I’d be a lot more willing to follow the ‘996’ schedule. But the truth is, not every company is run that way. That’s why many people complain,”a software developer working in a gaming company based in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang Province, told the Global Times on Wednesday.The online complaints and discussions also come amid young people’s changing attitudes toward life and work, and rising rights protection awareness. With improved living standards, more young people have adopted a “work hard, play hard” lifestyle, compared with the older generations’ “work to live” mind-set. While working hard, they are calling for more holidays, and believe holidays are their rights.“Bus we don’t know who we should resort to when it comes to all these holidays and payment issues, so we resort to the internet,” the developer said.“Sometimes when projects come along. I work seven days a week, I sometimes even sleep at the office,” the developer said. “I’m a game lover and I like my job, but I think I’m underpaid and my work is not appreciated.”Industry analysts noted that the hours required by the “996” model exceed the limits established in China’s Labor Contract Law. The culture of overtime is connected to the characteristics embedded in Chinese people - who are hard -working, diligent, and desirous of success. They are even willing to sacrifice some of their personal lives to achieve career success. This might be quite different and hard to be understood in European countries.Beyond China, most people in other East Asian countries such as Japan and South Korea also suffer from working overtime due to similar cultural elements. Working overtime has become a global phenomenon, and labor unions around the world should play an active role in seeking more ways to better protect workers’ rights amid an industrial upgrading.Ⅱ. Translation1.阅读诗歌译本就如同穿着雨衣淋雨，你永远无法感知到水滴的碰撞。

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